Dear Customers,            I like ham.  I like the taste, the texture and the fact that it lends itself to literally hundreds of recipes.  For instance, if somebody offers me their famous Potato Soup, my first question is, “did you add ham to it?”  Otherwise, why bother?  It’s just potatoes – and even though I…

Dear Customers,           In a little less than two weeks it will be Easter.  Yes, it falls relatively late this year, arriving on April 20th.  When Easter falls in March, you can pretty much count on cold wet weather but I’m hopeful that this year will be sunny and warm!           It remains to be…

Dear Customers,           When the calendar page flips up from March to April you can almost hear a collective sigh from those of us who have had their fill of winter!  April can be cold, windy, rainy and blessed with the occasional persistent snow squall, but – by and large – we are on the…

WEEK #13 MARCH 24th, 2025 Dear Customers,              In about a week, I will plant some tomato seeds that I saved and nurtured from last year’s crop.  By the middle of May, or a little later, they will be ready for the garden!  I have been planting San Marzano tomatoes for about 10 years…

Dear Customers,              When my mom died, my Dad rambled around that empty house for two years with none of the basic skills usually provided by a wife of that generation.  He couldn’t cook, he didn’t clean, nor perform any of the other myriads of domestic tasks previously taken care of by Mom.  My…

Dear Customers,             While still a week away by the calendar it’s time to begin talking about St. Patrick’s Day, a day celebrating the heritage and culture of the Irish.  Like many other popular holidays, its true meaning gets overshadowed by food and drink – and the occasional parade!            Well over a million…

Dear Customers,            Two down – one to go!  I’m speaking of course about the three first months of the year, those with the worst weather.  Then comes March which is an enigma.  We can get snow, sunshine, ice, balmy breezes – the whole megillah-all over a period of the 4 short weeks of the…

Dear Customers,           As February slips away into the past, we get daily closer to the season of spring.  By the end of this week, we will usher in March and with it – be it lion or lamb, the welcome appearance of bulbs poking their heads timidly out of the snow.  The days are…

Dear Customers,              This is the time of year when winter really begins to weigh on me.  Sure, we’ve made it through January and most of February, but Spring is still just a distant dot on the horizon.  My mailbox is jammed full of seed catalogs nearly every day, but it’s way too early to…

Dear Customers,             At the end of this week is THE day that commemorates “love”.  It’s a celebration of love and romance often accompanied by the exchange of gifts, greeting cards and other expressions of affection.  When we were in grade school, back in the 1960’s it wasn’t uncommon to decorate an old shoe box…