It’s the first day of Autumn and the hot peppers are still growing like mad. We pretty much gave up on them earlier in the season – they were looking pretty sad. The tomatoes, on the other hand, are history. We did not have our usual stellar harves...
We’re both down twenty pounds! This, boys and girls, is pretty heartening – it means all of this work is actually paying off! We feel better. We have more energy. Everyday tasks are easier to do. It’s a flippin’ miracle. This proves me ...
We’ve been eating – I just haven’t been writing about it. I’ve been busy upd...
The Bayshore Diner was the full-service restaurant in the Westin San Francisco Airport when I opened...
It’s been nine weeks. Nine whole weeks since we began this odyssey. And, slowly but surely, it...
My impulse buy of the day, yesterday, was a brisket – they were on sale in my WASP grocery sto...
Since Victor made a vat of chicken stock, I thought it only fitting to make a small pot of chicken s...
Wow. It’s cold enough to make a pot of soup! How did that happen? It’s been raining all ...
We’ve made it through eight weeks. That’s like half of Boot Camp. I went into Boot Camp ...
The eggplants are still coming in and I’ve been looking for more and different ways to cook th...
I really can’t count the number of times I cooked steaks for us and midway through dinner said...
Tonight’s dinner is brought to you by my friend, the fresh cob of corn. Corn on the cob is suc...
Tonight’s dinner is brought to you by my impulse-buy of the day – a 2-pound package of f...
It’s been another grueling week at the gymnasium. We’ve been dealing with dumbbells, bar...
