 We’ve talked many times about limoncello, that most wonderful Italian-inspired lemon liqueur. In fact, many of you have made your own. Well, it turns out that limoncello is good for more than sipping after dinner. Apparently it’s a delicious… Continue Reading
The 6-foot-something man dressed as an avocado with green tights and white tennis shoes was impossible to miss Monday morning. He stood in the pouring rain with a screw gun in one hand as he posted hand-lettered signs that said, “OPEN” and “LUNCH… Continue Reading
Every year I intend to file away one grocery receipt a month from the same store. Then I could gauge the rise in prices of such staples as milk, flour, butter and eggs. I could even check out package sizes, and observe how sneakily manufacturers have either whittled away containers or reduced packages’ contents’… Continue Reading
Last month Belinda Sanda, friend and fellow foodie, loaned me Comfort Me With Apples, a book I’d wanted to read by Ruth Reichl (Gourmet magazine’s editor, nearly reason enough to subscribe – which I do). Comfort Me With Apples went… Continue Reading
I’m not judging. I’m just curious. Help me figure this out, would you? Redding offered citizens two State of the City event-options at different times Monday. Option No. 1 was scheduled in the afternoon at the cold, concrete, acoustically challenged Redding Convention Center.… Continue Reading
It’s February, so I’ll disclose one of my January goals: Avoid ticking off Fern Hastings, Senior Environmental Health Specialist with Shasta County Department of Resource Management’s Environmental Health Division. “Fern” is how she’s known in hushed tones to people in the food-service industry. They know she’s authorized to inspect… Continue Reading
 Lemon Meringue Pie, Pear Tart and super-easy pie crusts were on Wednesday’s menu for the Cascade Theatre’s final offering in its January film/food series. As with the previous three Wednesdays, the audience watched a foodie-friendly movie, then stayed for a cooking… Continue Reading
Like many people with weight issues, I can name the year I looked and felt at my physical peak. For me, it was 1981, the year Josh was born. I was 24. (I married at 19; had my first baby at 22.) I… Continue Reading
Here’s the View of the Yosemite Valley, that now hangs in Statuary Hall. Click here to see the menu of the inaugural luncheon (cuisine based on Abraham Lincoln’s favorites ) served in Statuary Hall after Barack Obama’s swearing-in. Click here to see… Continue Reading
Dear Mr. Obama, I’ve never written a letter to a president, a president-elect, or even Santa Claus, for that matter. But here in the Internet age, anything is possible. Perhaps a miracle will occur and you’ll even read this letter.… Continue Reading
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