I am tired of getting blog posts forwarded to me that promote the health benefits of kale. Hippies have been eating the rich, dark-green, bitter leaves for years. Somehow the masses now know, and for me, that may be a problem. Me? I’ve known about […]

It probably goes without saying that fall and soup go together…well…like…fall and soup. One of my favorite ways to cook is to bring together simple, “poor people” food and hope to do mothers and fathers proud everywhere. You have heard me say before that food […]

OK I hate to admit it but you know we have all been there…yup that franchise of franchises. The one that many young men take their ladies to, or son’s take their mothers too, or maybe its Sunday lunch…yup…you know it…The Olive Garden.  I have […]

Chicken and Wild Rice Soup – Great Winter Warmer Everyone needs a soup or two on hand that doesn’t come in a blue or red and white can off of a supermarket shelf. Having some soup to reheat at any time on hand is great […]

Several years ago I had taken some time away from finance and tried to make a living out of my volunteer work by selling and delivering custom-built student mentoring programs for high and middle school students. One of my co-workers, a young black man named […]

Making chicken stock has always sounded scary and a daunting task. What is so easy to find in cans, cartons, and in cube form, and so dang cheap, can’t be easy to make at home can it? I am here to tell you that it […]