A Stove With A House Around It

Even though there is never a shortage of foodstuffs on the traditional Thanksgiving table, we still need snacks. Everyone needs snacks. Some...

November is here. The glorious, crisp, bright, colorful fall days are fading away, replaced by darkness at 5:20 p.m. and dustings of snow on...

What was that line from Mad Max ?  "Two men enter, one man leaves." Today my kitchen is a culinary Thunderdome, my oven an arena i...

I get my recipes from a reliable stable of sources. Of course there are those recipes which I learned from my parents, dishes that I have lo...

Want to attempt something really daring? Try to make pizza dough from scratch while my mom -- not just any mom; my mom -- makes cinnamon ic...

My mom is infamous for her ability to stir up trouble. Sometimes it's that devilish, fun kind of mischief: smoking cigars with the groom...

My dog's name is Jet . However, I rarely call her Jet. I call her Chess. Chessie. Chessa. Chesapeaker. Chesapeakin' Peaker. (She ...