Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts. – James Beard It’s soup night. I can’t just eat soup. I need a sandwich or a good bread to go with it. Today I went to the store for my soup ingredients and browsed [...]

Frickin’ fruit flies! They are driving me nuts! It happens this time every year. I wake up one morning and they are EVERYWHERE! Sure, we like our fruit here and we’re willing to share to a point. Why did they plan the fruit fly convention here this year? I spent the whole evening setting up [...]

I’m going to tell you upfront that I have had a ‘sucky’ day. We woke up to 2 inches of water in our basement…in our new home… Good news is that all the photos from the past twenty years were salvaged. The day was filled with mops, rags, papers towels and phone calls to insurance [...]

Somedays I just like the smell of fresh baked bread in the house. How about fresh baked bread with a hint of rosemary?   Here’s a real easy recipe for ciabatta rolls that I got from my new Panini Express cookbook written by Daniel Leader and Lauren Chattman. This is a great little cookbook I [...]