Musing About Eating and Boozing

Fit for Foodies

  • The One about a Head of Cabbage, Garlic Bulb and Three Scallions

    If you’ve read a couple of my blog posts and given the site title, it’s probably pretty obvious that food is a big part of my life. I’ve preached for years now that there’s so much more to food than… Continue reading

  • Charleston Two Ways

    Charleston Two Ways Charleston Two Ways — Read on jbdieter.com/2022/04/21/charleston-two-ways/ Continue reading

  • Finally,2016 Musing Awards!

      For me, 2016 pretty much sucked. I won’t bore you with all the specifics, but let’s just say if it wasn’t for my obsession with musing about eating and boozing, my guess is I would’ve withdrawn from all human interaction… Continue reading

  • Charmed, I’m Sure

      Unplanned culinary adventures are the best! What started out as a weekend in the Charm City to attend “Jazz in the Sculpture Garden” at the beloved Baltimore Museum of Art  turned into a food extravaganza. It was so darn hot… Continue reading

  • Oh Savannah!

    As anyone who’s been or wants to visit knows, Savannah is an absolutely beautiful city. To that end, many photos have been taken of the famous fountain, the Bird Girl of “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” fame… Continue reading

  • History, It’s in the Making (or It’s all about the Shrimp Spread)

    The Easter Tablescape this year As an Army Brat, an Officer’s daughter no less, one of my Mom’s jobs as so many other Officer’s wives was to entertain. We had lots of Cocktail Parties, Sit-Down Dinners, Luncheons and Teas at our… Continue reading

  • The Paris Vacation that Wasn’t

    In early years, the alligators in the fountains at The Jefferson in Richmond Virginia were real If I had a nickel for every time I’ve planned a vacation to Paris and it was canceled because of a Terrorist Attack I’d… Continue reading

  • Fitbits and Fit Bites

    Family health issues kept my culinary adventures close to home for the last couple of months. That being said I thought it perhaps was time to rewind, recap and share some of my summer highlights that involved my passion for… Continue reading

  • A Fond Farewell

    The “Southern Picnic” themed table at my retirement celebration A co-worker asked if the Retirement Reception that was organized in my honor was blog worthy. At the time, I didn’t know how to respond because I knew she was speaking… Continue reading

  • Time in New England took Me Away to……..

      Before I get into my musing, let’s have a little interactive play- Who can take the title of this blog post, finish it to complete the first line of a song from the 1970s and name the artist? (hint-the… Continue reading