I am declaring 2018 as the Year of the Kitchen Gadget. And that’s not just because I received a spiralizer as a Christmas gift. I’ve also decided that The Food Network and HGTV are in cahoots and America’s need for a pantry in every kitchen is a result of our obsession with kitchen gadgets from garlic roasters to smoking guns to this year’s favorite, the Insta-pot. My mother was a fairly average cook and our pantry-less kitchen in our 1930’s bungalow was perhaps a bit larger than others. Continue Reading
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
It took a colder turn in our temperature to get me moving, but I finally hauled out the Christmas decorations last week. Every flat surface and window sill is covered with holiday frivolity. Art work has been removed from the walls and replaced with Christmas scenes in needlepoint and wood. Christmas quilts have come out of hiding. Even door knobs got in the act. The tree anchors one corner of the living area and when the lights are on, the whole room glistens. What do your decorations say Continue Reading
Will this be the motivation I need?
Here we go again – the time of year when temptation is high and resistance is low. Food, everywhere we look. By January 2, most of us are wearing our fat pants and loose-fitting sweaters as we commit to never eat and drink as much during the next holiday season. That rarely works. There’s such a variance in the research on the amount of typical weight gain during the holidays, but all studies agree on one fact – the average American gains weight during this time that now starts with Halloween Continue Reading
They Couldn’t Pay Me Enough…
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve seen stories on the news that make me question the sanity of people. No, I’m not talking breaking stories of national significance. I’m talking about the people who pitched tents so they could be first in line to shell out $1000 for a new phone. It’s a phone! And I thought, you couldn’t pay me enough to do that. Then there were the Michigan State University students who camped out so they could get tickets to the student section at the basketball games. I Continue Reading