Tag: recipes
Plain Talk About Food | The ‘Mysterious’ Lentil
Having been raised by an order of nuns from France, eating lentils was as commonplace as eating potatoes for me, both as a child...
Plain Talk About Food | The Power of Flour
“Almost Heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River,” … sang vocalist John Denver
As a little girl from the “southside” of Aberdeen, Wash., almost...
Plain Talk About Food | A Place to Call Home
“The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
Eighteen years ago my sweet Hubby Norm and I, after months...
Plain Talk About Food | The Secret of Aunt Betty’s ‘Crust...
Summer fruit season is upon us as those beautiful peaches, pears, plums and now apples are showing up at the local farmers markets. Sadly,...
Plain Talk About Food | Elegant Ladies
In Washington State, fresh Elberta peaches would begin appearing in local markets in September, but in July, in California, we have just begun to...
Plain Talk About Food | Haloke, a Gift From the Creator
My Uncle Eli, having been born in Stavanger, Norway, had fishing in his blood, so to speak, and for as long as I knew...
Plain Talk About Food | The Way We Were
Even though my kids are all-grown-up, nothing pleases me more than hearing them tell me how much they love my cooking, and often they...
Plain Talk About Food | Honor Thy Father…
As a small child and living with my elderly uncle and aunt, I gave little thought to my absent father until it was time...
Plain Talk About Food | There’s Something About Chickens
Growing up in the 1940s, every household in my family included a chicken coop in the backyard. And when families came together for holidays...
Plain Talk About Food | Jumping Frogs
“If the first thing you do in the morning is eat a live frog, you can go through the rest of the day knowing...
Scotts Valley crime rates rise in some categories, but remain low...
In a sleepy town like Scotts Valley, it’s par for the course that year-to-year crime percentages swing wildly.
If no robberies happen one year, and...
