Healing and Oysters

I originally thought about coming here for healing during the marathon weekend I am so happy I did not and instead came back to do the Dana Farber 5k cancer walk. I am so grateful for this opportunity. I took a walk today walking back towards where I was standing

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Returning to Boston!

The photo above is taken today. The day I came back to Boston. You see I was here 2 years ago on April 15th 2013 the day The Boston Bombings happened. The following photo is my last view of the hotel as I leave town. On April !6th 2013.  

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Clafouti Martini

Back on July 21st  I wrote a blog about using Cherries, Vodka and Whisky to make a homemade cherry liquor. Today is the day I chose to crack the cherry vodka open. So I retrieved my jars from their space under my basement stairs and crack open I did. I

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Summer Sunday Suppers

Its funny I think that as the kids head back to school and summer starts to drift towards fall that is when the best foods arrive from our gardens. Funny because we now have less time to prepare it more things going on and the lazy days of summer are

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Tramping, Trailing and Tripping “Some More”

Do you remember your first S’more?? I don’t. I imagine it was around a campfire somewhere in The Rocky Mountains or Northern Minnesota or the Willow River in Wisconsin. It seems that the first documented S’more Recipe is in 1927 in the book Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts.

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Jalapeños, Friends and Zombies

I wish I could tell you that I had a massive garden and I grew my own veggies and at this time of year I will be writing all kinds of articles about the fantastic fresh product I am pulling from my Garden. Sadly that is not the case. When

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Root Beer Float with a bit of Nostalgia

The Root Beer Float is the perfect drink/dessert that possibly has ever existed! I was raised on root beer floats we had them every summer as treats probably more than most kids because they were also a favorite of my Dads. We always had root beer on hand ice-cold in

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Whiskey Wednesday: The Indiana Whiskey Co

A month or so ago I shared on Facebook an article from Playboy 50 spirits 50 states the best spirt distilled in each state. I found the article fascinating and it gave me 50 distilleries to visit. Since I am not independently wealthy it may take some time to fulfill

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Breaking Bread

I have spent the last 10 days at Church Camp.  As a kid we did not go to camp we went to the mountains. Gods Camp is how my parents saw it and I cannot say I disagree. The Rockie Mountains, The Grand Tetons majestic creations that to my father

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Do You Do Trader Joes??

There is a place some of you may know it “Trader Joe’s” It is a food lovers dream and also their frustration. There are not nearly enough of these amazing little stores. It all started in the 1950’s at a place called the Pronto Market. In 1967 it became Trader Joe’s.

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