Tag: food
Plain Talk About Food | My Happy Place
Living in an ordinary house with today’s average number of rooms, I spend the greater part of the day in my kitchen.
My kitchen has...
Plain Talk About Food | Easter’s Good Witch
“Easter is the only time when it's perfectly safe to put all of your eggs in one basket.” —Evan Esar, an American Humorist
Of all the...
Plain Talk About Food | Happiness is Prime Rib of Beef
“Laughter is brightest where food is best.” —Irish Proverb
I love cooking for people, especially when the guests are people I have never met, or...
Plain Talk About Food | Attitude Adjustment
“Attitude is the ‘little’ thing that makes a big difference.” —Winston Churchill
Each morning, I swing my legs over the side of my bed, slide...
Plain Talk About Food | Roses are Red, the Violet’s Blue…
It was in the year 1590, Sir Edmund Spense continued his poem… “the honey’s sweet, and so are you.” And the last two lines...
Santa Cruz Bread Boy, Humble Sea collab takes valley by storm
The hottest new haunt in the San Lorenzo Valley at the moment is not exactly new. The way the deer gazes out over the...
Plain Talk About Food | Fú
“The Old has gone, the New is here.” —2 Corinthians
I have just wished you, dear readers, “prosperity” in the Chinese language—Fú—a greeting that we...
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...
News Briefs | Published June 12, 2026
Motorcyclist killed in Highway 9 crash
A 30-year-old Martinez man died Sunday after his motorcycle crashed along Highway 9 north of Boulder Creek, according to...
