Few Americans today understand the importance of extended families. I don’t know why that is – the need to separate the way families do here. I cherish my Filipino roots. Our Titas and Titos are extensions of our parents, to be respected and honored.
Continue reading “Early Morning With Family”Feasting on a Beautiful Friday
The Patron Saint of France is a woman. Or rather a girl. Her name is Joan of Arc. She was born in Normremy, in northeast France. Joan was just 19 when she was burned alive. What crimes could this girl have committed that cost her very life?
Continue reading “Feasting on a Beautiful Friday”Celebrate Ascension Thursday with a Coq au Vin Supper
Today is the fortieth day of Easter regardless of who might do the counting. That makes today Ascension Thursday. It marks one of only a few Ecumenical Feasts, meaning it is celebrated by multiple denominations within the Christian Faith.
Continue reading “Celebrate Ascension Thursday with a Coq au Vin Supper”Mid-Week is Always Fun
While the weekend is behind us, its sweet pleasures still linger in our minds. As we look ahead, another beautiful weekend is just over the next horrizon. How can we speak ill of Wednesday in that context? Wedneday is a good day.
Continue reading “Mid-Week is Always Fun”Just Another Tuesday in Small Town America
Hubby and I both grew up in small towns. His home town is still a small town. Mine has been swallowed up in more ways than I can count by the greater Sacramento area. You really can’t tell where Sacramento ends and the once quaint cow-town of Elk Grove begins. It’s the same if you head north – Sacramento and Roseville-Rocklin are just extensions of one another.
Continue reading “Just Another Tuesday in Small Town America”Memorial Day Came Early This Year
Did you notice? Usually Memorial Day, the last Monday in May is also the last weekend in May. Not this year. May 31 is a Sunday. The following Monday is the 1st of June. So we have a typical two day weekend as the last weekend in May rather that a 3-Day weekend at the lake or something else fun to kick off the unofficial start of the Summer Season.
Continue reading “Memorial Day Came Early This Year”Thank the Lord for Sundays
Today is Brown Bag It Day and National Wine Day. Hum, guess some folks will be brown bagging it even if it is a Sunday. For me, it makes no difference now that I am retired.
Continue reading “Thank the Lord for Sundays”Just a Quiet Saturday Barbecue
Way, way back a long time ago when I was much younger, people told me I looked like Valerie Bertinelli. I never did see it.
Continue reading “Just a Quiet Saturday Barbecue”A Quick Fry on No Fry Friday
Did you know that the Friday before Memorial Day is No Fry Friday? Now as a passionate Home Chef, I thought it had something to do with fried foods. Yeah, not.
Continue reading “A Quick Fry on No Fry Friday”Better than Vanilla Pudding
Today is National Vanilla Pudding Day. When I was a girl, vanilla pudding was my absolute favorite. I know, it’s boring, but there was a reason behind my choice.
Continue reading “Better than Vanilla Pudding”Lemon Inspired Sizzling Supper
One of the things I find most amazing about Chinese Chicken Recipes such as Lemon, Orange or General Tso’s Chicken is that the basic chicken preparation can remain the same. All you really need do is create a different sauce for the finish, creating different dishes.
Continue reading “Lemon Inspired Sizzling Supper”Praise Be to a Glorious Tuesday!
Today we celebrate Quiche Lorraine and Pick Strawberries Day. As part of our Easter Brunch, I made mini Quiche Lorraine. While Hubby refused to try even one bite, (real men don’t eat Quiche) Kiddo devoured more than his share.
Continue reading “Praise Be to a Glorious Tuesday!”Bubble, Bubble Toil and Trouble
Did that conjure up images of three cackling witches stirring the pot only to declare “something wicked comes” as Macbeth enters the scene? It is considered the most quoted line from Shakespeare. For me, “What light through yonder window breaks” would be more recognizable.
Continue reading “Bubble, Bubble Toil and Trouble”Say Happy Birthday with Kremówka Papieska
Never, ever did I imagine I would live to see an American selected as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. When I was born Pope Pius XII was the Bishop of Rome. No surprise that the Bishop of Rome, the Pope of the entire Catholic Church worldwide was born in Rome. Although he reigned for just over 19 years, I was 2 when he died. There is nothing about Pope Pius XII that I personally remember.
Continue reading “Say Happy Birthday with Kremówka Papieska”Short Ribs from a Short Chef
Good morning everyone! Welcome to the third glorious Saturday in May. We’ve got a lot going on both on the National Front and in our own crazy, hectic lives.
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