Tag: food
Plain Talk About Food | If Only…
How many times have I uttered the words “if only” during my lifetime.
I had been shopping at Safeway last week for a 10-pound pork...
Plain Talk About Food | Time for New Year’s Resolutions
New Year’s Day: Now is the accepted time to makeyour regular annual good resolutions. Next weekyou can begin paving hell with them as usual. —Mark...
Bank of America names Housing Matters as 2023 Neighborhood Champion
Bank of America announced Housing Matters as the 2023 Neighborhood Champion awardee for their work advancing economic mobility and building up underserved neighborhoods in...
Plain Talk About Food | Is There a ‘Watch Bird’ Watching...
Imagine being 5 years old and learning (from the other kids) it was possible, just possible…there was NO Santa Claus. This 5-year-old was devastated.
In...
Plain Talk About Food | Precious Christmas Memories
I lived with my aunt and uncle during my early years, who, to this day, I am not sure they believed in the existence...
Plain Talk About Food | Autumn’s Bounty
I had been tweaking an apple cake recipe for several years and just couldn’t seem to get “it” quite right, until my last effort,...
Plain Talk About Food | Our Little Red Ryder Wagon
I raised my little family in Watsonville on a lovely “piece of land” on Green Valley Road, oh, about 6 miles from town or...
Plain Talk About Food | Pierogi for the Holidays, With Love
My hubby Norm and I had been married for one year when he announced that it was time we spent Christmas in Chicago with...
Scouts begin Scouting for Food drive
In preparation for the Scouting for Food collection day on Nov. 4, Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council Scouts will be distributing 135,000 door hangers...
News Briefs | Published Oct. 20, 2023
Santa Cruz Restaurant Week returns for 13th year
Good Times has announced the 2023 Santa Cruz Restaurant Week—the tastiest week of the year. Over the...
Paddy Smith Park blooms with new garden at Santa Cruz County...
The beautiful Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds are growing even more beautiful thanks to a colorful landscaping project at Paddy Smith Park.
Jeff Rosendale, with Sierra...
