We recently had to move all of our websites and blogs to a bigger, better, bolder server - which, on the surface, sounds remarkable. However, during the move, a few posts were lost! I tried to recreate my Mott’s Applesauce post first of all, but there are still a few others I need [...]

Listen up, boys and girls, this is important stuff here.  Our boy, Emeril Lagasse, is coming back into our living rooms, dining rooms, dens, and wherever else we have televisions to transport his smiling face into our world.
The Fine Living Network (which I was a huge fan of before, but now….off the charts) will begin showing the Emeril [...]

You know what sounds good right now - I mean really, really good?  A bowl of homemade guacamole and some really fresh, crunchy tortilla chips.  Ever since the Attack of the Infested Tomatoes started playing out, my obsession with salsa has understandably faded.  It’s been challenging to find ways to substitute what was always a frequently used staple in [...]

Not long ago, my doctor told me that my blood pressure was a little higher than normal.  The result, I’m certain, of tons of allergy pills necessitated by May and June.  She said it wasn’t any cause for alarm (after all, mine is normally low, so “normal” would be high for me).  She did say, however, that [...]

Denny’s Potachos!

Look alive, night owls, Denny’s has come courting!  They “get” that we night owls have unique eating habits.  So they’ve come up with a great new menu to thrill our taste buds.
Potachos – Freshly fried and seasoned kettle chips topped with crumbled sausage, bacon, bell pepper and onion mix, cheese sauce and shredded Cheddar [...]

The tomato scare is certainly getting a lot of attention, isn’t it?  I don’t remember the FDA being quite this cautious with foods in the past.  Tomatoes are being pulled from restaurant menus as well as grocery shelves.  This particular, and unusual, type of salmonella is called salmonella saintpaul.
Monday morning, the FDA reported there have been 145 [...]

Thursday afternoon I had something that I hadn’t eaten in a long time:  A good, old-fashioned, flashback to grade school peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich.  None of that healthy ”adult” thinking of putting it on whole wheat bread - oh no, it was built on white Bunny bread.  I didn’t even mentally calculate the calories [...]

Health.com recently sought out nutritional information from restaurants across the country.  A lot of them cooperated and ten restaurants made the top ten list of Healthiest Casual Dining Spots.
I was honestly surprised to not find Applebee’s on the list.  I’d love to know what kept them off, because they have some pretty amazing food that [...]

I’m sure restuarants are feeling the economic pinch as much as the rest of us - gas prices alone can cause spider webs in a piggy bank.  Add to that the price of food, toiletries, cleaning supplies…and Heaven forbid you want to buy new clothes!
Okay, rant over.
Restaurants are getting kind of sneaky when it comes [...]

As if we NEED another reason, using our Starbucks Card today makes a lot of “cents.”   In celebration of Earth Day, Starbucks will donate 5 cents to  Conservation International each time a card holder makes a purchase. 
If you don’t have a Starbucks card or if, like me, yours stays maxed out - you can make a woderfully appreciated donation [...]