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I love Thanksgiving and hosting Thanksgiving dinner, but I do find the whole thing to be a bit overwhelming. The pressure of cooking the...

Mid-May to mid-October is the summer season in Florida. That means five months of hot and humid weather, with daily thunderstorms in the...

Hurricane Ian slammed into the southwest coast of Florida last Wednesday with the eye passing about 60 miles south of where we live here...

Bon Appetit magazine is one of the premier cooking magazines in the country and each issue ends with an article that interviews a famous...

This time of year, a trip to the grocery store or farmer’s market will astound with the number and variety of fresh, ripe tomatoes...

Laurie and I celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary earlier this week – woohoo!! Since Laurie is the main reason I now have a food,...

Well, it’s been one year since I posted my first blog! I thought it would be fun to share some of my thoughts on blogging and what I’ve...

Kitchen Confidential was a fantastic book written by the late, great Anthony Bourdain that exposed all the things everyone wanted to...

My mom, Shirley Geis, passed away last week at the age of 88. Given that she was the best mom ever, I wanted to honor her in this week’s...

OK, now that we have covered everything associated with planning the perfect wine tasting dinner for friends and family in my last two...

Last week I covered some of the basics of how to plan a wine tasting dinner for friends and family. In this week’s blog, I’ll share some...

Most people think they could never host a wine tasting dinner, either because they don’t know enough about wine, or they believe it would...

Laurie and I did a lot of planning for retirement, including both financial and life planning. One thing we didn’t consider was how...

One of my best purchases ever was a small electric smoker I bought about ten years ago – my life has never been the same since! I’ve...

Well, I made it to 60! I hit that significant milestone last week as a retiree and without any serious health issues over the past six...

While I love cooking and spending time in the kitchen, many nights I just want to make something quick, easy, and healthy without a lot...

One of my all-time favorite sandwiches is the BLT – a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich on toasted white bread with a healthy amount of...

Floridians love their farmer’s markets and given the great weather down here they are held year-round. One of my favorite challenges is...

Food and wine can create strange bedfellows. I have a long “bucket list” of food and wine destinations and experiences that I am working...

Every year when Superbowl Sunday comes around I make a big pot of homemade chili to enjoy while Laurie and I watch the start of the big...