Category: Food

#Sunday June 28

As a child growing up in Northern NJ my family ate dinner together every evening. Even with that regularity there was something predictable and wonderful about SUNDAY family dinners. One of my friends lamented...

#Calabash June 12

This is a story about CALABASH. In March of 1978 I was a 25 year old assistant basketball coach at Pembroke State now called UNC Pembroke.  The university sponsored a men’s college golf tournament...

#Recap April 30

Today’s post is a RECAP of what I experienced and learned with the 30 Day Baking Challenge for the month of April. My goal this month was to learn how to bake using eight...

#Shortages April 22

Back in January when I decided to do twelve 30 Day Challenges I knew one month was going to involve baking. I didn’t realize that choosing the month of April would coincide with a...

#Garden April 15

When I retired in 2018 I decided I wanted to have a garden. Thanks to my friend Jeff Frederick tutorial three years ago I learned about a container garden. I started my 3rd year...

#Cookies April 14

On Good Friday I took on my third baking challenge for the month of April. I decided to make chocolate chip COOKIES from scratch. I found a recipe book in my wife’s collection of...

#Muffins April 8

One of the cutest things I have seen my granddaughter Bryleigh Paige Revels engaged in was singing “Do You Know The MUFFIN Man” while she was playing at our house before COVID-19 denied me...

#Anadama April 7

So today is a guest post collaboration from my buddy Jeff Neelon who joined me in a 30 Day reading challenge for March and Tina Bullard.  The picture below has Jeff on the left...

#Bread April 4

My 30 Day Challenge for April  is to learn how to bake. The first recipe I wanted to take on was baking a loaf of Italian BREAD. There are lots of quotes about BREAD....

#Bake April 1

I have decided for April that my publicly announced 30 Day Challenge is going to learn how to BAKE something at least 2 times a week. I would love to have others join me...