Loving Legumes
Looking inside the pantry for inspiration, my gaze falls on lentils, black beans, kidney beans, chickpeas/garbanzo beans, tepary beans. All legumes. All yummy. All part of my kitchen repertoire. All […]
Going Green
With my paternal grandmother 100% Irish, St. Patrick’s Day dinner was the one time a year my mom’s menu was corned beef, cabbage with caraway seeds and potatoes. Part of […]
A Dish in Existence for 1,800 Years
The idea began rather simply during a phone discussion with my friend Patti on whether or not Fastnachts, the Pennsylvania Dutch doughnuts made with lard, yeast and potatoes and eaten […]
One of the 5 C’s
In the early years as a U.S. territory, then after Arizona became a state in 1912 and well through the 20th century, the five C’s: copper, cattle, cotton, citrus and […]
