When this pandemic began and we never knew what we might or might not find on the shelves, we coped emotionally around here by pulling out old favorite recipes, especially ones that used food we had on hand. Now that things have settled down a bit, we spend a lot of time in our new recipes, plotting what to make next. Here's the gem [...]
I needn't bemoan to you about the terrific heat wave we had here this week. Plenty of you felt the stifling temperatures in your own towns. Double-, triple-shower days anyone? I made sure dinner would not kill the cook with too much kitchen heat and, wouldn't you know, our Pineapple Chicken Fajitas brought on a terrific, cooling thunderstorm. Find the recipe here and [...]
I picked up a book by an author we've covered before here. My Brother Michael is another of Stewart's romantic mysteries. This time, the heroine visits Greece, and finds herself involved with . . . Here's where I have to give you some homework. Why don't you read it and tell me whether it's any good? It being a mystery and all, [...]
I saw a few of you wooing autumn, posting memes on Facebook. You longed for fall's speedy advent. I didn’t appreciate then, and I’m rebelling against it today with Poolside Pasta Salad. However, the colors in this salad — gosh, they look a lot like the gorgeous scenery outside. I left out the asparagus and filled [...]
Certain people I know are posting countdowns until Halloween, then "crisp air," then Christmas. Could you all please stop planning your trick-or-treat costumes and your flavors of hot chocolate? Just put on a tank top and enjoy our few remaining days hot enough to eat salad for dinner. Might I suggest Chinese Turkey Pasta Salad, paired with a bread such as Sour [...]
Fast Sunday. It’s probably not in the spirit of things to stuff ourselves once the fasting is over. But, to our credit, we feasted with half dozen fruits in this Glazed Fruit Bowl. And we added just as many vegetables to the Brunch Strata. (We won’t mention that it also called for cream and cheese and cream cheese.) We even ate fruit in the [...]
Roast chicken photo by joerandazzo.com on VisualHunt.com / CC BY-ND I can't believe this Tex Mex Chopped Chicken Salad got away from me before I snapped a picture. Somebody called a party for a snowy night. "Bring soup, salad or bread," they said. I'd been dying to try this one. I threw it together. We ran out [...]
Merry Christmas to my Read Fast Eat Slow readers! If you've had your fill of Christmas cookies and candies (and I never really get my fill), you might get back to eating your veggies with this Chopped Cashew Salad. We tried it at Thanksgiving. Every year, it's not Thanksgiving without the roast turkey, the Stove-Top Stuffing and the Grandma Jello. But I like [...]
As social habits go, listening to talk radio rates somewhere between shopping at Wal-Mart in your pajamas and tossing litter out of your car window. Especially if your afternoon fix is Rush Limbaugh. I’ve eaten dinner with friends who dismissed the “dittoheads” they know as crazy sheep-like paranoids who take their marching orders from a bombastic liar. But I like the guy. I’ll gladly listen. [...]
Just curious: I know you love books. But which do you love best? Book-books? The kind with the spine that breaks if you keep your place by resting it upside down? The kind where you get to turn the pages? Or e-books? The kind where you can read in bed without your flashlight? The kind where you can take whole libraries on your trip [...]
