Musing About Eating and Boozing

Food and Drink

  • A “Sweet” Heart Supper

    “This year, Valentine’s Day was a celebration of the heart in the truest sense. With bypass surgery behind and my husband’s continued speedy recovery, I was in the perfect position to go all in with the meal prep. The table… Continue reading

  • If You Can’t Eat the Dish You Love, Love the Dish You Make!

    My family has been struck with Heart Disease which has necessitated a rather slight change in meal prep for me. Typically, sodium has not been a nutrition factoid that I’ve dwelled on when choosing recipes to try or adapt, but… Continue reading

  • Seize the Day!

    New Year’s Day Pot ‘o Tea Typically, after a whirlwind of cooking and entertaining during the Season, my New Year’s Eve Celebration is fairly low-key. This year will only be slightly different in that due to an especially stressful week… Continue reading

  • Thanksgiving at Vintage

    The stone fireplace in the Great Room at Vintage This year marked thirty-three straight years of enjoying my Thanksgiving feast at Vintage and I can’t imagine a more lovely place to spend a holiday that is wholly based on preparing… Continue reading

  • Wine about C-ville

    This past weekend was my annual Fall Winery Mecca to Charlottesville Virginia. Whether it’s my husband or daughter (or anyone else for that matter) who ends up being my travel companion, there are a few rules I strictly enforce: 3… Continue reading

  • DIY with Edibles

    I’ve waited all summer season to write this post for here is where I’ll just scrape the surface of where Edible Gardening can take you in the creative realm. Better yet, everything I’ll share this evening is do-able without growing… Continue reading

  • My favorite Gettysburg Address

    I had totally planned that my next post would be about a Jimmy Buffet Concert Tailgate (you may recall, I posted about a Bruce Springsteen tailgate earlier). While I could go on and on about the tailgate itself, it wouldn’t… Continue reading

  • Northern Neck Paradise

    View from the Tides Inn Terrace I love my home. I even like my day job. I gotta tell you though, leaving the Tides Inn and the beautiful views like you see above is always gut wrenching for me. The… Continue reading

  • Call Peppa

    Just one of the lovely areas used for entertaining in the 1960s at the Glen Burnie House and Gardens http://themsv.org My long-awaited summer vacation had arrived. This year my husband and I decided to meander down south to our beloved… Continue reading

  • Pizza with a Princess

    Dear readers this post will be my first ever to not only promote a recipe and a food product or two, but to introduce a fabulous cooking piece that has me giddy! Any gal my age may remember the “Princess… Continue reading