Real Potato Salad for Real Dads

Real Potato Salad




Potatoes love me and the feeling is mutual. I can eat potatoes for breakfast, lunch and dinner and of course, in between. My favorite junk food is potato chips or fries, but I haven't had many of those lately. I've often felt that if I had to, I could live on potatoes, just potatoes, but I hope it doesn't come to that. 

It is hard to mess up the potato, though I suppose

Give Me Some Sauce Tuesday (Turkish Coffee BBQ Sauce)

Turkish Coffee BBQ Sauce

Cardamom is the world's third most expensive spice, right behind saffron and vanilla. To tell the truth I've never really had cardamom, at least that I know of. Like za'atar, cardamom seems to be popping up on everyone's blogs. I've seen it in peaches and cherry ice cream. It is essential to Indian cooking and is found in Scandinavian desserts. Apparently the

Texas Sheet Cake

The rabbit catcher is from Texas. Houston to be exact. A long u please.. That's how they all say it when they talk and catch up, y'all. We met in Colorado where we both moved to escape our various climates and to go to school. Yes, I did go to school, kids, even if I met your daddy there. And I did graduate and not just with an MRS as some like to say. And thirty some years later we are

Fast Friday and Oatmeal Crunch

Friday is upon us. So let's make this fast. I need to finish cleaning my house and  run to the grocery and buy some ingredients for my Vietnamese chicken salad dinner.  I've been on a Vietnamese kick this week probably because of my visit to the Asian grocery. Visiting there means I get to buy such wonderful produce at such inexpensive prices. OK-cheap. I wish it was closer. All this so I can

Meatball Noodle Bowl or I Love Vietnamese Noodle Bowls

Vietnamese Meatball Noodle Bowl

 The first time I had Vietnamese food was in 1986. OK, give or take a few years on either side. It was in the fall and it was chilly outside. We had to debate whether to wait, (as the line was out the door) or to find somewhere else to spend our dimes. Wait we did and as we edged slowly inside we found ourselves in the pass through where the food comes out

Give Me Some Sauce Tuesday (North Carolina BBQ Sauce)

North Carolina BBQ Sauce and Pulled Pork





Memorial Day has come and gone. My yard that was supposed to be weed free, trees trimmed, waterfall working and all chores completed is nowhere near ready for summer to begin. Officially, I have now chosen the  first official date of summer, June 21st, to try to meet my yard deadlines. By that time, veggies will be in, seeds planted, dead trees cut

Kohlrabi (Fennel) Cabbage Salad with Lemon Maple Dressing and a Modern Menu

Grandma Fanny died 5 months before I got married. It was totally unexpected and planning a wedding was bittersweet without her. In fact, we didn't even have the chance to tell her we were engaged.  Though Grandma Fanny wasn't at my wedding she left me a bountiful array of gifts in the form of cookbooks and a Kitchen Aid mixer. I received the best collection of old ORT and Haddasah cookbooks