Eating Suburbia

It's time for our somewhat annual tamale party. My first lesson in tamale making was about 12 years ago, when a friend invited us to his...

Last weekend we had a wonderful interactive dinner with Brilliant Daughter and her newlywed friends Jen and Jason Ko. Jen recently began wor...

WARNING: There are some rather graphic photos in today’s post, so if you are at all squeamish, I suggest you pass up reading this. I’ve neve...

I am not sure what has gotten hold of me, but I appear to be in a pickling mood. I took my first stab at dill pickles this summer, and made...

Butcher Son went and fetched me a dozen pumpkins on Saturday from his friend Paul, who works for a Half Moon Bay farmer. All sizes and shape...

I’m not sure where I got the original recipe for this, and I have modified it some. But it was a very easy recipe to make, probably 30 minut...