Food

In going through my aunt’s recipe box, I recognized the handwriting on this recipe as belonging to my grandmother, my aunt’s mother. I don’t know how old this recipe is, but my grandmother passed away in 1997, so it came from a time prior to…

The first recipe I tried from my aunt’s recipe box was Spicy Oatmeal Cake. I was looking for something to make that didn’t require me to go to the store and I had the ingredients for this one! I was skeptical at first because I…

Over the past few months, we have moved my elderly Auntie Carol into memory care and have sorted through her belongings. One of the things that I’ve always had in common with Carol is that she loves to bake and cook, and I do as…

I had hoped to write up individual blog posts about all of these things, but time has just crept away and I decided to just combine the past month’s worth of books and random adventures into one. This post will include short reviews of Flat…

On a recent Sunday morning, we were in Portland attending my daughter’s gymnastics meet at the Oregon Convention Center. After it was over, we piled in the car and were attempting to find somewhere to eat lunch. Our first thought (because we were starving), was…

We love to visit Astoria, Oregon, and it’s not terribly far from our home, so I’m not sure why we don’t visit more often. Last weekend, we had the opportunity to make a quick afternoon/evening trip and we were able to do a bit of…

A chilly, damp November evening is not particularly a time one would think of when booking a brewery tour around Portland, Oregon on a bicycle built for 15. Yet that’s just the time our group chose and it turned out to be an incredibly fun…

Every year, the Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation has an Authors and Illustrators Dinner and Auction fundraiser in order to raise money to support the library system. This is the second time I have been fortunate enough to attend the dinner, sitting at the table…

These rolls are my go-to food to take to new mothers or someone who has had surgery and needs a meal. They are also great for nights where you have people in and out of the house (like Halloween or before a sporting event) where…

After searching for a restaurant in downtown Seattle in which to enjoy a celebratory birthday lunch, I happened upon some reviews for Asian Fusion restaurant Wild Ginger, and everyone in the family agreed it sounded fantastic. Our son is attending college in Seattle, so we…