Onion Baked Rice with Boneless Rib Roast

Onion Baked Rice


We returned late last night on a very delayed flight from Phoenix. Though the weather in Phoenix was not as warm as it usually is; it was still much warmer than what we returned to. Denver was 18 degrees last night at 1AM but luckily the memories of Phoenix saw me through until we made it safely home. While in Phoenix we ate. We ate a lot. It seemed like we never stopped

Double Chocolate Mocha Macadamia Bark

Double Chocolate Macadamia Bark




 I am
still here. Another year and the world did not end. It is great to be here and
it is good that the Mayans discovered cocoa otherwise I would not be able to
make this rich, satisfying Double Chocolate Mocha Macadmia Bark. It is the last
thing I made this week before I pack everything up and deliver sweet treats to
my neighbors.



It is the
end of

Shortbread Cookie Cut Outs

It is on
days like this I want to be snuggled in my home where it is warm and I can hear
the wind calling from outside. I can sit inside at the kitchen table and watch
the TV tuned to the Food Network. I can watch them baking cookies and know that
mine are better. But for many years I did not think I could use a rolling pin. It
never failed that my cookies would stick or break

Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites and Other Vices

Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites





I have
two candy vices. Well, probably I have a lot more. But if you put me in the
checkout line at the grocery on a day with no willpower I might just snag a
Hershey bar with almonds or a Reese’s peanut butter cup. They always seem to
make the moment go better. And they always remind me of other moments through
out my life where candy seems to have

Latke One or Latke Two?

Latke One








Latke Two




Latkes
are a once a year endeavor. This year it happened twice. But the truth is that
if you follow a few rules making latkes is not such a gigantic effort. Or even
a giant oily mess. Unless of course you are making them for an enormous crowd
in which case you will never have enough. So we won’t go there.



This year
I made the normal latke that everyone makes.

Hashbrown Spud Cups and Hanukah

"MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL, AND YET IT IS SUCH A
USEFUL ROOT THAT WE CANNOT GET ON WITHOUT IT ANY MORE THAN WE CAN WITHOUT
POTATOES." by Louisa May Alcott, novelist (1832-1888)



“Look at that moon. Potato weather for sure.”  
Thornton
Wilder, “Our Town”



One thing you need to know about me…I
love potatoes. I never worry about having enough food in the house as long as I
have a bag