Oregon Transplant

Summer 2016; Wine in the garden Well, well, well. Here it is the first day of 2017 and I'm going to wrap-up the year of 2016 before...

Are you having a small(ish) Thanksgiving this year? Or people over who claim "I just don't like turkey!"? What about gu...

Hi friends! It's been soooooooooo long. I didn't even mean to take such a long break, it just kind of... happened. I've had...

Ah, the shrimp. That tasty little crustacean that usually lives at the bottom of the ocean.  Shrimp has always been, and will pro...

Let's just continue our journey of around-the-world cuisine, shall we? I was all set to blog about muffins this morning, and th...

Happy Friday all! I really did try to blog yesterday, to ensure I got my normal 3-a-week in. However, yesterday was a morning (or...

I'm joining the zoodle craze. Sure, February doesn't seem like the right time of year to start, um, zoodling, but it cannot...

Did January fly by... or did January fly by ? I cannot believe the first month of 2016 is already gone. It's going to be another ...

You might be asking yourself, "What is up with all the smoked salmon??" Well,  the answer to that is I can get very good sm...

We've all made it to the week of Thanksgiving! You know, that week where we're all constantly daydreaming about turkey, s...

Ugh, I feel yucky. I've still in the throes of a nasty, winter head cold. It's not my normal cold, as I'm not coughing an...

For the first time in my life, I hosted Christmas dinner at my house this year. Er, last year? Whatever, Christmas 2013 is what I'm t...

Happy Monday friends! So, I've recently come to terms with the fact that #1- I'm having too much fun to be at my computer and #...

Calling all red wine lovers! I saw winesicles on Pinterest the other day, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about  them. Wha...