While I was watching the news this week about cases spiking across the country, specifically in California, make that Los Angeles County, I heard one pundit say that the combination of gatherings for Memorial Day weekend, graduations, and protests have led us to this place.  Darn.  So no big plans for us on July 4th […]

Mr. Picky finished school a few days ago, so we are officially in summer mode!  Normally I would be celebrating the fact that I don’t have to make school lunches for the next 10 weeks and that I don’t have to wake up at the crack of dawn Monday through Friday, but that’s the mode […]

This week I recorded  IG Live Quarantine Cooking episode number 60.  60!! Oh people.  Even though our beaches and hiking trails have opened, the state of California has still recommended sheltering in place for the next three months.  Honestly, if everyone would wear a mask and gloves when s/he is out in public, I would […]

Really, friends, there’s no new news other than the fact that my second book, Quicker Than Quick, is coming out on Tuesday.  No big deal or anything.  I’ve only been waiting for this book to come out since I turned in my manuscript last May!  Order it today for a great Mother’s Day or graduation […]

This week is the beginning of Lent.  My mother used to make us give up something for the 40 days of Lent.  We thought we were funny by saying we’d give up liver (ugh, she actually made it!) or boiled Brussels sprouts. After a lot of back and forth, my mother would ask us to […]