Cleone Colvin, my mother, retired after forty-four years of teaching.  That is not a typo.  She taught school for forty-four years.  Wow!  After retirement, she sat about to write a cookbook called A+ in Cooking. (Good name for a cookbook written by a teacher, and it lives up to its name.)  For years she had […]

Good friend Janet hosted The Living Stones Bible Fellowship Class for their almost monthly class meeting recently.  It is always a pleasure to be invited into her beautiful home (Janet and Robert do amazing texturing and painting themselves), and she is a  wonderful hostess. Sweet, petite, always put together Janet pays attention to every detail. […]

Where I come from a restaurant is judged by the pies they serve.  Many cafes have earned a reputation based upon their mile-high meringue and fruit pies.  Sane people will drive many miles out of their way for a taste of a certain  restaurant’s pies.  Here in Dallas there is Norma’s, Mamma’s Daughters, and I’m […]

Don’t you love it when you make a friend’s recipe and it works?  That is what happened to me this morning.  I told you I was going to make The Mrs. breakfast quiche, and I did.  Oh, Sweet Mother of Pearl, it is so easy to prepare, comes out of the pan in one piece, […]

The backstory I am about to tell you is true. (Honestly, I couldn’t make something like this up.)  Names are not use to protect whoever needs to be protected. My mother’s dearest friend had a husband who was a cousin of the governor of the Great State of Arkansas.  Get it?  Friend’s husband was related […]

(To the tune of She’ll Be Coming Around the Mountain)  Humor me.  It almost works. Tired and wea-r-y travelers were we. We had driven across two states you can see. Searching for our destination We drove with determination. And thus we reached the cabin hungry. To our surprise and delight, The Mrs. had prepared a […]

The Mrs. fixed a breakfast casserole I had never – had – seen – or tasted before.  Oh, Sweet Mother of Pearl, this is wonderful!  I like it, I love it, I want more of it!  And you will too once you’ve tasted it.  Layered in this pan are cooked apples, French bread, and a […]

At Casa Flamingo, there is always a party.  Cathy and Caitlyn entertain easily and with such grace.  Someone is usually out by the pool.  I envy how they do it.  Last time we were there, Caitlyn was making stuffed jalapeno peppers on the grill. (I can not believe that I can not find a picture […]

My father retired before my mother retired.  As a stay at home husband, he took over much of the housework and cooking duties.  He was a good cook!  For sometime now I have been thinking about and wanting to make one of his signature dishes – Chicken Suzanne.  So today was the day! First, we […]

While preparing to come to the Big Jubilee Supper in honor of The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth, Jenny – Nathan’s new bride – searched the internet for a Texas recipe. She got the point!  This was to be a Texas celebration for the Queen.  I love it that she went to so much trouble […]