Creative beauty is all around us whether it comes in the form of paint, prose, music, culinary genius, or on a stage, and I love it all. I am often captivated by these various expressions of the soul, open and vulnerable. When I saw this piece appear on Face Book by a gifted artist, Lori [...]
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Christmas All The Time
As I write this post there is snow falling outside my office window, dreams of a white Christmas realized. Well, maybe. Here on the front range of Colorado, snow does not stay around long, but it certainly feels more like Christmas with a fresh blanket resting on everything. Christmas Eve will be abundant with Stollen [...]
Abundant with Activity
It is wonderful to get away, gain perspective, refresh, and renew. Then again, there seems to be more laundry at the end of such an escape, and a feeling I may have missed something important. It is easy for the negative to creep in if you let it—stats/views fall off, out of the rhythm of [...]
Thanksgiving 301: The Act of Giving Thanks
According to Merriam-Webster, thanksgiving is: 1: the act of giving thanks 2: a prayer expressing gratitude 3: a public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness I love to eat as much as I love to cook, so food-centric holiday celebrations like Thanksgiving are a real treat. My earlier posts, Thanksgiving 101 and Thanksgiving 201 addressed [...]
Stir a Pot, Feed a Soul: Real Comfort Food
When we hear someone say, “comfort food” thoughts drift to dinners from childhood imagining something warm, full of carbs, or sweetly satisfying. We dream of flavors and textures to feed our emotional funk or exhaustive schedule to quench and satisfy. The focus is inward, self-gratifying. What if our focus shifted outward instead? This is not [...]
Wild West Dining Tour Offers Tidbits and Tales in Old Colorado City
Take a walk down Colorado Avenue in Old Colorado City and its charm invites you to relax and stay awhile. Sprinkled among the shops, select restaurants welcome neighbors and visitors stopping-in on a Wild West Dining Tour guided by Samantha Bruner of Colorado Springs Food Tours. Samantha provides historic anecdotes of the brick and mortar, [...]
Emeril’s Wok-Seared Duck Salad Recipe: Romantic Sizzling Skillets
When the email arrived from The Secret Ingredient with three recipes we could share from Emeril’s Sizzling Skillets and Other One-Pot Wonders, I admit, there was a hint of skepticism when I saw this one. Not really a big fan of duck, but I knew I could not recommend something I hadn’t tried. Although there [...]
Lemon Poppy Seed Cupcakes 2-Ways: Gluten-Free & Lactose-Free
While planning the menu for the bridal shower I was hosting, I used a couple of different recipes to accommodate those gluten-free and lactose intolerant guests. (I am reluctant to describe guests by their food sensitivities, but using their names on-line is even less appealing.) Lemon Poppy Seed Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting anchored the [...]
Cleaning the Kitchen and Ordering My World: Soul Food
Yesterday, my kitchen and dining room was an outward expression of an inward condition. A collection of displaced items, useful items like shoes, books, platters, bowls, foodstuff, mixed with things beyond their usefulness like empty boxes, trash, dead flowers from weekends past, and a grimy counter. None of it required urgent attention, but the mess [...]
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Emeril’s Sizzling Skillets Giveaway: Enter To Win a Free Copy!
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Zak! Table Art 7-piece Flame-Shaped Serving Bowls: Enter to Win a Set!
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The Food52 Cookbook Giveaway: 5 Days, 2 Winners
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Pancetta-Gruyere Burger with Grilled Vidalia Onions
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Caroline: Thanks for all the tips, Judy, cheers to a healthy...
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sportsglutton: Even this glutton's heart has told him that it ne...
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Jocelyn: I forgot to write this sooner, but the pita was wo...
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Hotly Spiced: That's great you have made all these decisions to...
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Debbie @ Easy Natural Food: This looks delicious! I can imagine that this woul...
