There was Thanksgiving frost on the stairs and driveway this morning at 8:30. I’m thankful that the threatened snow earlier in the week stayed in the mountains where the snow bunnies and water table may benefit. The first scent of the day was, naturally, coffee, but I’ve just saluted the frost with the aroma of … More Thanksgiving, Great Yearly, Made Great Again
Tidying my cookbook shelves today led to the two things in this photo. The lovely photo of the artfully arranged desert tray within my photo is from a 1950 book edited by Ruth Berolsheimer at the C.A.I. and published by Consolidated Book Publishers in Chicago. What does it have to do with the sock smiling … More Mismatched Sock Rice
Last week there was an email from a tech site about yet another use for Sikorsky’s Black Hawk helicopters, and what a lovely bonus it will be to Sikorsky’s new owner, Lockheed Martin, as the implications are huge for this famous plane. I let my imagination carry me away. I like helicopters. I have a calendar … More Drone to Table in 3, 2, 1
Eye appeal is an important feature of food as well as art, and sometimes the food featured in a painting is the focal point. Sometimes it as mysterious as someone else’s entree passing by one’s table at a restaurant on the wait staff tray. What is that? When I bought this painting a number of … More Art as Food 1
Ms Chef in Seattle 