From Merriam-Webster entry "Treason" -- treason  Synonyms Synonyms backstabbing ,  business ,  disloyalty ,  double cross...

Much hyped: Egg McMuffins . I was always slightly curious about them. Finally one day last week, we were out in the early morning (looking ...

Today we spent several hours at Magee Marsh near Toledo and around an hour from us, and Len took lots of photos. It's world famous amo...

" Pepper-Pot: A Scene in the Philadelphia Market ," is a painting by John Lewis Krimmel (1786 – 1821). Krimmel was born in Ge...

"Smooth-textured butter is the result of manipulating the structure and ratio of fat molecules in cream, which are either hard and c...

Reading about butter in Elaine Khosrova's book Butter: A Rich History -- it's the next selection for my culinary book group. I enj...

Experimenting with spices: I roasted a chicken with cumin, tarragon, a bit of preserved lemon, and smoked paprika. I basted it with apple ...

" Jacaranda is a genus of 49 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Mex...

Zingerman's is famous for creative sandwiches. The following menu choice was tried with enthusiasm on our last visit there: #73 TAR...

Mona Lisa in my kitchen and in my life is a work in progress. I've been collecting all sorts of Mona Lisa materials for many years, an...

Chocolate chip cookies... one of the most perfect foods, no? I made them from the recipe on the Toll House Chocolate Chips package. ...