Strange things in the garden this year. First of all, I wrote about Prudence last week and from all accounts, she remains an only child. In June, I counted 15 pumpkin plants growing and now in August there…

Another year has passed and Kye is celebrating a birthday. Where did that year go? We survived another winter, a lovely spring and now a brutally hot summer. The weeds are thriving the rabbits are in abundance…

I have a thing for pumpkins. I admit it. There isn’t any reason for me to grow them, especially the ones that aren’t great for cooking. And to be truthful I do not have enough room to grow gigantic…

It has not been a good week for the Berkeland family. First, the air conditioning in the car dies, which isn’t so bad, except it decided to blow heat out of the vents and could not be turned off. Which…

Because I received a case of free pomegranate juice, I decided to spend some time cruising food blogs looking to see what sort of pom recipes I could find. A horrible job, I admit, but, someone has to…

How lucky am I? Several weeks ago I received an email from Ryan who works for POM. You know, the luscious pomegranate juice folks. He said that he enjoyed my blog and wanted to send me a case of pomegranate…

The main reason this is my one of my favorite times of year is because of sweet corn. It truly is my number one food. The best way to cook sweet corn is to fill a huge pot with water, put the corn in with…

Can anyone tell me where a cookbook could hide? I lost a cookbook. I have no idea where it went. My house is not that big so there are not dozens of rooms to go through. Granted, there are piles of books…

As the two readers of this blog must know by now, I am addicted to cooking shows. With the recently added new Cooking Channel, there are even more shows to watch. Granted, the Cooking Channel is just running…

I am obsessed with Throwdown with Bobby Flay as I have said before in the chicken tikka masala post. Over time my attitude has definitely changed regarding this show. Originally, I never ever wanted Flay…