A New Link

I follow very few blogs, and even those I don’t read every day–no time.  But one I enjoy is written by Jonna, a US ex-pat in Mérida, Mexico; she has contributed comments to this blog a number of times. Her post of 24/11 is a wryly humorous account of an absolute nightmare of a situation [...]

Too Much Of A Good Thing?

My dentist’s office (in the US), like many others, had copies of the wonderful magazine, Highlights for Children.  For children?  Hey, this mid-60 year old never minded waiting because I would grab a copy and go straight to the hidden pictures section.  You know, there’s a big drawing of something, a landscape, and you have [...]

Seasonal Baking

Most Americans dislike fruitcake, having had only the commercial versions which are awful.  Dry, tasteless–if that’s all there were, I’d say yes, leave that out of your cuisine. But many years ago, I happened across a fruitcake recipe in Craig Claireborne’s The New York Times Cookbook (which was a mainstay of my kitchen for years) [...]