Pumpkin Acorn Squash Soup

serves 6-8 2       Acorn squash 1        butternut squash 1       12-ounce can pureed pumpkin 4       tablespoons olive oil 1       medium onion, finely chopped 4      celery stalk, chopped 4      carrots, peeled and chopped 1/4   teaspoon crushed red [...]

Soups, Potato Leek Soup

I once read a children’s story about “stone soup.”  It told of a man who had no money but who was very hungry.  As he begged, unsuccessfully, for morsels of food from people in his village, he came upon an idea to fill his stomach. He found an old soup pot, filled it with water, [...]

McDonald’s: Thanks, but no Thanks

I had to deliver a catering job today.  Usually, when I’m alone, cooking the food in my restaurant, I listen to the  CD player there.  It wasn’t functioning today, so I began listening to the radio while I worked.  There were a lot of commercials on the particular station I was listening to, but there [...]

A Gift of Beans

In any normal marriage, when one spouse makes a business trip overseas, he or she comes home with a gift for the wife and children. I guess that means that my marriage is not only not normal, but it is unique.  My husband recently spent 10 days in London for business, and when I picked [...]

New Year Traditions

My daughter told me the other day that”we should start our own tradition for the New Year”.  That got me thinking about the concept of tradition, and I checked the dictionary, which told me that it was, among other things” an established way of thinking, feeling, or doing.” It is also defined as, “a cultural [...]

Funny Things Happen When You Turn 50

I read in the newspaper the other day a new revelation, that when someone turns 50, their heart shrinks by 16%.  This is true no matter whether you’re male or female.  Medical science believes that this shrinkage lays the foundation for heart failure after you’ve left the magic age of 50. I have a different [...]