Archives in Category: Dining/Food

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Green Beans

Posted on July 19, 2006

Neighbors of ours — I’ll call them Mike and Dave — have a stupendous backyard garden; and it seems we’ll be the recipients of their overflow veggies from now through the first frost. It’s exciting because we get to sample

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Egg McNuthin’

Posted on July 9, 2006

Our company has left and our house is quiet again. To reclaim our usual weekend routine, Earl and I went out to breakfast. This time we decided to try McDonald’s.

I remember Egg McMuffin from its early days when my

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Good Fortune

Posted on June 26, 2006

Jeannine and I met at Good Fortune for lunch today; and I must say it was my good fortune that we did. I’d not been happy with the Chinese restaurants we’ve eaten at in St. Joseph and was about to

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The Price of Limes

Posted on June 25, 2006

It’s probably something few of us have noticed, but the price of limes is escalating. There was a time when I could purchase five limes for a dollar and then for two dollars, but that time has disappeared the way

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Cooking Class

Posted on June 20, 2006

Earl fixed dinner a couple nights ago; well, he fixed the entrйe while I fixed the salad. But the whole routine holds promise, and here’s why.

Earl likes to eat around four in the afternoon, while I like to eat

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Berrien Hills Golf Club

Posted on June 18, 2006

This past weekend, we revisited the Berrien Hills Golf Course, known in a former life as the Berrien Hills Country Club.

I wrote about the Club on March 14 as it faced financial demise and decided to cancel its

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Buffalo Wings

Posted on June 15, 2006

I was introduced to Buffalo wings about fifteen years ago, when they arrived — unheralded — in Mundelein, Illinois. It was a tiny, A-frame shack that offered them, six to a serving, noting they were direct from Buffalo,NY.

I didn’t

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Gravy vs. Sauce

Posted on May 30, 2006

As I lay in bed this morning, my brain was doing push-ups while my body hadn’t even arrived at the gym. “Hey,” said Brain, “what’s the difference between gravy and sauce? How do airplanes stay up? I wonder when Earl

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Pastry Brush

Posted on May 28, 2006

The condition of my pastry brush attests that I’m not much of a cook. In fact, I didn’t have much of a pastry brush either. Until today.

I needed a pastry brush about a year ago for some kitchen task.

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Kitchen Gadgets

Posted on May 23, 2006

My friend, Judi, visited me over the past weekend; and, as is usual with most of our guests here at River House, we hung out in the kitchen. Our kitchen is huge, inspires cooking efforts, and has a clear view

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