Pumpkin Season is in the Air Pumpkin Pie Spice season is my favorite time of year. Cilantro season is over, it’s time for the warmth of cinnamon. Move over light and fruity. Hello, robust flavor and savory dishes. Nothing says autumn like Pumpkin Pie Spice. Twinkies, KitKats, Cheerios, and Poptarts. Little Debbie is getting in…
Is this the perfect vegetable cutter? What do you think about the As Seen on TV products? I’ve been watching them for years, wondering who falls for that aggressive, in-your-face style of salesmanship. It must work, they are always being aired. And gizmos, gadgets, and doodads DO sell. OK, I admit it. Even though I…
A brief history of chicken wings There was a time, not too long ago, that butchers would toss the chicken wings out with the rest of the carcass. The gizzard and liver had higher status. Only that little piece at the tail end of the chicken that you have to twist off (was it called…
Do you find yourself craving your favorite restaurant dishes and realize that a) You can’t afford to eat out and b) You don’t have the ingredients at home to do a passable copycat version? Go ahead and call in a pizza, you have work to do. Oh, and ask for crushed red pepper, you don’t…
For as long as I can remember referring to anything as a lemon (except lemons) was to suggest that it was inherently crappy or useless. This car is a lemon. You sold me a lemon. Aw, go suck a lemon! We have Lemon laws to protect consumers from defective crap. Its status is only barely salvageable if…