As you may recall, ice cream is a certain kind of currency in our family, good for all kinds of bribery... Well, what about candy? Can...

Wait...what? Rereads package several times Well, I'll be... Alright, listen. I have no idea what the actual name of this product...

Oh ice cream, what would we do without you? This is a serious question. Listen, if I want anyone to do anything in my family, bribery ...

One of the best parts of being in an intercultural marriage is coming to understand and appreciate the other culture just a little deeper...

Oh, fast food breakfast sandwiches. They will always be my vice. A few years back, I'd eat two of them a morning a few times a week, ...

So this weekend is the Super Bowl! Whoop-de-doo. A couple years ago, I could plop down, turn any old football game (much less the bigg...

This probably doesn't come as any sort of huge surprise or shocker, but...salad, in general, doesn't really excite me. Most vegg...

Certain yummy things come from the ground. Potatoes, for example.  I'd add chickpeas, lentils, and beans to that list, among othe...

As any TJ's fan worth their Hawaiian shirt knows by now, cauliflower can do a lot of stuff. The real question is, can cauliflower do s...

I think the pumpkin craze may have finally reached its apex and is starting to experience a bit of backlash. Can't put up a pumpkin r...

So...what's a roundel? Sounds like a singular member of a 1960's Motown group, or a really balloony shaped letter of the alphabe...

Ah, the first day of fall is finally here. Sure doesn't feel like it yet, though. It'll be nearly 90 degrees here in New Jersey f...

Granola. For dinner. Ummm...yum? We have a busted refrigerator to blame for that. Or, I hope to say, had. Something something was someth...

September! Back to school time...or for Sandy and me, time to get our firstborn daughter, M, off to kindergarten. Time flies... seems like...

So many varieties of cookies in the world, isn't there? there's hundred if not thousands. In Pittsburgh, it's traditional to h...

Trader Joe's 50th anniversary ? A rare  total eclipse of the sun  over the USA? How spectacular on both counts! Unfortunately, ...

Seeds and beans...beans and seeds...I love me some beans and seeeeeeeeds..... No? Don't know that tune? Good, means you didn't h...

"Open your mind...harmonious convergence...Transcend the ordinary..." From a breakfast cereal? Seriously? That's what th...