Deb's Lunch … and dinner and breakfast too

Last night, in the midst of a torrential downpour, I entertained 17 ladies for a baby shower. I knew that it was going to be a somewhat alternative-type affair, but I didn’t know how alternative till I got there. They were all Hospice Care workers, and the mom-to-be is single – no dad in the […]

On Friday, I served up the second in the summer supper series. The theme was roasted vegetables. I roasted summer squash, peppers, and cherry tomatoes (adding, to the tomatoes, lots of garlic, and crumbled oregano dried from a bunch of fresh that came in my CSA box in May or June) and put them on […]

Like I said there was a lot more food provided at the computer-type conference than is the norm at librarians ones. So the only night I really went out for dinner was Monday. After the meetings ended, and to get a little exercise, I walked up Michigan Ave. to the big Borders. I bought a […]

So I had this idea to do a series of summer dinners, featuring “the fleeting tastes of summer”. The first one was last night. It was quite pleasant –  a congenial group – one of my “girls” – a young woman who lived at the co-op dorm where I was the head cook from 1981-1986, […]

Tonight is our big fireworks show here in Madison – and Mark & I just decided we’re not motivated enough to walk over to the crew boats pier, and watch them go off across the lake. There are a couple of smaller shows tomorrow. I think we’re both tired because of being at the librarians […]