All You Can Eat

All you can eat food troughs. My son didn’t understand why I was referring to them as troughs nor how everyone I mention them to knew just what I was talking about. To be honest, they didn’t bother me in the least until I was watching a documentary on food and a French Chef indicated…

Belgian Waffles

There’s something about a cheap hotel breakfast that is just right. A five star breakfast on the other hand, throws me in a tizzy. Yes I just said tizzy. Do I go the cold route or the hot one? 30 grain toast, cranberry muffins, French toast or all three? If you have the fruit and…

Breaking News: Healthy Food is Good For You

I just learned something fascinating that my son gleaned from his basketball coach. This from the kid who’s room is littered knee deep with packages and wrappers and Lord knows what. They essentially invented Halloween just for him. Well guess what he was good enough to share: Did you know it’s a good idea to…

The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie

Big time dilemma: There’s been a lot of chatter of late on the makings of the perfect chocolate chip cookie. As the chunk vs. chip turf war rages on, so does the squabbling over size of the chip. How dark should the chocolate be, and dare one mix dark, milk &/or, egad, white chocolate? Mint, espresso and…

Hooray for Food Chains

On our trillionth road trip pit stop, I was delighted to see all the healthy choices now offered by otherwise frowned upon fast food chains. Establishments such as Roy Rogers and Famiglia Pizza now offer items such as fruit cups, yogurt parfaits and a good variety of salads. Not to worry, you still have the…