I’m cleaning out my office, in hopes of finding all the information I need to get my taxes done. Fortunately, I have a helper. His name i...

I’ve been flying solo this week. With my hubby off at a bridge tournament, I’ve been luxuriating in doing it my way for the entirety of a...

I know, it’s almost spring; but it’s still high season for citrus fruit, from the looks of things at my grocery store. Pink and white gra...

The first signal that our vacation (to the Baja Peninsula) last week wasn’t going as well as we’d hoped was when I realized on the way to ...

I was single and living in New York when I bought my first cookbook. Unlike Nora Ephron, I didn’t get mine from my mother. When I left home...

Some years ago, my husband bolted into the kitchen with a furrowed brow of concern on his face. “Was today Valentine’s Day?” he asked,...

Thank goodness football season is over. I’m really not much of a fan. While it’s true that I grew up in Texas, where the sport has been elev...

When I was in elementary school, every Wednesday was Mexican food day in the cafeteria, and my favorite approach to the food was to s...

So, here we are almost a month into the new year, and I still am not used to writing 2010 on my checks. It’s been 200something for so long t...

Over the holidays, I was at the grocery store so often I thought maybe I should just set up a cot in the produce aisle. So as we move into t...