Ah.  Summer is truly, truly here.  I’m not a summer enthusiast like some people.  I quite like my black sweaters and fires in the fireplace, and sometimes the expectations that summer be FUN! are kind of onerous.  But, when we have a few days like today–75 degrees, slight breeze, views of the Cascade and Olympic [...]

A couple years ago while we were on vacation together, Yancey’s sister Kelly made taco salad with fried potatoes and I’ve been making it ever since.  It was right on the heels of my pregnancy with Loretta, during which I craved taco salad night and day. It tasted so good, eating together in floating cabins [...]

I ran into Julia at Oddfellows a couple weeks ago, and she said, “When are you going to post on savory galettes?”   Hi, Julia. This one’s for you.
And it’s for me, because, as a new reader commented recently, it’s “ridic delish.”  I can’t pull off slang with as much panache, so I’m borrowing from her [...]

There has been so much hubbub about bacon lately.  Almost too much.  Is that possible?  Baconnaise on Oprah, bacon salt showing up in local pubs, t-shirts extolling the virtues of bacon.  My favorite is Bacon: the Gateway Meat.  The comedian Jim Gaffigan has some hilarious sketches about bacon.  Though everybody loves bacon, we all feel [...]