Category Archives: Food and Drink

Just before Easter, Susan found this recipe for “Torta Pasqualina”, or Easter Pie. I thought it looked and sounded great, so I decided to make it Sunday night. I was a bit horrified at the idea of using 4 sheets … Continue reading →

Chile Verde! I haven’t been to a La Frontera restaurant in many years-probably at least 10-but I used to go a couple of times a month with my work friends. My favorite was their chile verde sauce. You could get … Continue reading →

About a year ago, I was reading about how to make homemade ricotta cheese from the whey left over from making mozzarella cheese. I wondered if I could make it from the whey that I drained from my yogurt when … Continue reading →

Sunday morning I made Red Velvet pancakes for breakfast, using this recipe. I didn’t have the full amount of red food coloring, so they were a bit more pinkish than reddish, but they were really, really good. So good we … Continue reading →

I was looking at ice cream scoops in a store on Thursday, looking for a specific size (which they didn’t have). It made me wonder why scoops are numbered they way they are to indicate their size – 16, 20, … Continue reading →