Memories of Argentina Summer time and Arroz con Leche/Rice PuddingArroz con Leche/Rice PuddingThree days ago, I said to myself:”One dish that I definitely have to make this summer is “Arroz con Leche”/Rice Pudding. It’s such a “Delicious” (read full article)

Dining with the Toffs: Lady Maclean’s Diplomatic Dishes

Mooching about our rented holiday villa, sorry, amazingly huge palazzo in Croatia, I found an extraordinary cookbook, Lady Maclean’s Diplomatic Dishes.  Veronica Maclean was a Scottish blue-blood, born to Lord and Lady Lovat in 1920, photog (read full article)

You Know You’re From Iowa When…

They say nothing in life is free. Well, whoever said that should come to Iowa, because we’ve got all the local sweet corn you can eat for ZERO DINERO. It’s true – this afternoon Ben and I hit up the Adel Sweet Corn Festival boas (read full article)

Vampires Beware: Garlic is Here!

“People are strange, when you’re a stranger. When you’re alone.” Peter Harris begins a two-part focus on Garlic, a brief history of the herb, a recipe in part two, and reports on the Isle of Wight’s (read full article)

Book Review: A Man Without a Country

I picked this book up last week while browsing the stacks at a library. It reminded me that I still need to read Slaughterhouse-Five but the library I was at did not have an available copy. Thus, A Man Without a Country became my first Vonnegut (read full article)