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Oil & Honey Edition ~ I believe in aromatherapy! Ever find yourself focusing on the keyboard and drawing a blank, crawling in bed and staring at the ceiling, stressing out over a job interview or less than stellar meeting with your boss, or suffering with arthritic pain? Events such as these can cause a great […]

Fresh and dried herbs are swell additions to many foods, recipes and dishes. How to use herbs is something many of us are familiar with. Some of you may use herbs everyday and many of you may be uncertain how to incorporate them into your meals. If you grow herbs you are more than likely […]

Continuing on with my book reviews from the remainder of the 11 books I read in 2016. If you missed the book review on the first 6 books you can read it here. If you’re looking for a good read I promise there are a few here that you shouldn’t miss. Others I wasn’t so […]

Oil & Honey Edition ~ Lately, for some reason I’ve had an outbreak of cold sores. My best guess is stress from the holidays followed by some minor foot surgery brought on these nasty buggers. I wonder if you, like me, love the holidays yet find it to stressful with all the merry making, gifting, food planning […]

I “almost” had a bad day in the kitchen today. I say “almost”, everything turned out alright after-all. That’s because I was able to make a substitution for an ingredient I discovered I was out of! Normally I would grab my car keys and run to the closest grocery store and get whatever I don’t […]

Books! I like my books the old fashioned way – from the book store or library. I mean, I get having a Kindle or downloading to an iPad especially for the convenience of not hauling around a thick, heavy hardcover volume. Maybe I’ll consider this option before our next big vacation, but last year I […]

Spicy Honey Cider Syrup is a recipe many of you will need this time of year. I’ve been hearing quite a few complaints lately from folks with scratchy throats, nagging coughs and stuffy noses. This is not good news! I always suggest they mix up a batch of Spicy Honey Cider Syrup and give it a […]

Happy New Year! I think many of you may share my feelings of being glad to see 2016 exit and a new year appear on the horizon. How did you ring in 2017? Were there fireworks? Did you eat a bowl of “lucky” black eyed peas? Cabbage to insure prosperity? Make any “New Year’s Resolutions”? Did you toast with […]

Oil & Honey Edition ~My man brought home a new wool rug for our family room a couple of nights ago – it’s kind of like getting an early Christmas present. It was a struggle to get it up the front steps and into the house but we were successful. There was quite a bit […]

I can imagine when my great grandmother traveled at the age of 3 across the ocean from Germany and landed on the shores of Texas, it must have been a fearful, yet exciting adventure. I wonder what kinds of “things” her family brought with them from the old country? If it were me, my recipes […]

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PickedAtPeak #CollectiveBias Eggplant Parmigiana can easily be categorized as Italian soul food or family comfort food. One of southern Italy’s most famous dishes, typical of the Campania region but also popular on the Isle of Sicily. Hearty and rustic, […]

OIL & HONEY EDITION Did you ever have a bowl of melting butter explode in your microwave? I hope you didn’t, but if you have you can relate to the mess it makes and how difficult it is to remove the grease from the inside of the microwave! I have the answer and the product needed […]

Sweet potato pie simply means ” It’s Fall Y’all”. I am overjoyed that I made this pie with the marshmallow crème meringue as it is the most delicious use of sweet potatoes imaginable. I know, I know it’s just a pie but until you bake one and taste it you can’t conceive the luscious combination of sweet […]

European Style Veggie Soup seemed like a tasty edition to my “soft diet”. My body was trying to heal from a bout of diverticulitis yet it was also begging for some vegetables and nutrients. A soft diet is challenging at best when it comes to incorporating nutrients. Seriously one can only eat so many bowls […]

When I discovered that B Cellars keeps beehives on their property I knew visiting this vineyard would be highly anticipated, not only to see the hives, but I’d arranged a food and wine pairing…my favorite way to go wine tasting! My childhood friend The Wine Wrangling Woman, and I were scheduled for a mid-morning visit at the winery in […]

OIL & HONEY EDITION Bees are interesting creatures. They live peacefully together, thousands to a home. They work together to protect the queen, raise brood, clean the hive, build comb, produce honey, forage for nectar and pollen, control the temperature inside and guard the hive. It’s a process that begins upon hatching, when the newly […]

I am a food blogger – I write about food among other topics such as wine, food tours and wine tastings, bee keeping and honey and an occasional travel post. Some of the requirements of a food blogger are delving through countless recipes, recipe development, preparing the recipes, photographing them, editing photos, and writing. Oh […]

Recently I had the pleasure of meeting with Marc and Janice Mondavi at the handsome Charles Krug winery, the first in Napa Valley. Under the guidance of the Monday family since 1943 when it was purchased by Caesar Mondavi , who built a profitable grape and fruit shipping business, the Mondavi’s remain dedicated to producing […]

OIL & HONEY EDITION Are you prepared for bug bites and bee stings? The last big holiday weekend of the summer is fast approaching. Labor Day – it’s everyone’s last hurrah before heading back to school and settling into a summer finale. Many of us will be headed to the beach, camping, hiking, boating or maybe to […]

Oil & Honey Edition Pests in the garden, mosquito bites, fleas on our pets, gnats – all signs of summer in full swing. No one is immune to the common pest. Many of them invade our backyards, our picnic spots, our gardens and our pets. Others annoy us with bites that cause extreme itching, […]