The time has come for another in my (regrettably very) occasional series of posts about interesting and unusual soups. And this time, I’m featuring a soup that is not at all, and yet exactly what its name implies. And it’s another globe-trotter. Until very recently, I had always believed that Mulligatawny was a soup of [...]

[Read more →]

There are so many ways to approach the topic of food and everyone does so in their own way. So I decided that to do justice to this most personal of subjects, I needed additional voices to chime in. Result? A series of fabulous foodie guest posters. To kick off this new feature, Maribeth tackles [...]

[Read more →]

National Donut Day is on the first Friday of June each year – guess what this coming Friday is? Free donuts will be on offer from Dunkin Donuts (with beverage purchase) and Krispy Kreme (no purchase necessary)

[Read more →]

Happy National Rocky Road Day! What will you do to note the occasion? Rocky road ice cream seems an obvious answer – which reminds me, Fudgy’s ice cream in Millerton, NY? YOWZA that’s good ice cream.And because I am endlessly fascinated by the minutia one discovers on Wikipedia, do you know why rocky road ice [...]

[Read more →]

I am told by reliable sources that June is National Candy Month. This seems a tad narrow and limited to me so I have decided that it is *International* Candy Month. Right now, I’m favoring Werther’s Original Caramel Coffee Hard Candies. What’s your current favorite? As it happens, now is a good time to considering [...]

[Read more →]