A Supertaster's Sanctuary

So there are a lot of babies being born around me these days. It is amazing how it seems to come in waves of friends and family expecting at the same time. Seems like I go for years without knowing someone close to me awaiting motherhood and then all of a sudden there's a veritable nursery within my reach. With basically grown daughters (ages 18 and 21), I do miss the baby days from time to time. Thankfully I have numerous younger siblings who have blessed me with many nieces and nephews over the past years. Thus, whenever the "baby bug" hit there was one around to love on for a few hours. But if you know anything about me, it's that I LOVE to throw a party and I'm always looking for an excuse to celebrate something so that we can have people over and I can cook up a storm and feed a crowd! Thus, when some younger friends at church were expecting their firstborn this spring, it was a no-brainer that we would have a baby shower. So, we invited couples (instead of ...

Wow! So I'm not going to win any "blogger of the year" awards this time around! We all know, though, that life just happens! Not blogging, however, does NOT mean there hasn't been exciting cooking, baking and tasting going on in my life. In the past months I have enjoyed some of the best food I've ever eaten (some of it I actually cooked myself), including Fennel Mashed Potatoes, Goat Cheese Ice Cream, the best brined turkey ever, amazing Squash/Apple soup, 100% from scratch Green Bean Casserole (even fried those onions myself) and much, much more. So, since I wasn't able to get the fabulous Thanksgiving meal I created onto my blog in the Fall, all those great recipes will be forthcoming in time for my readers to plan for this year's big Feast! Now? Now is the luscious season of berries and cherries! WOW! Did I ever pull off a SLAM DUNK for Father's Day. Now mind you, I usually try to spend the holiday with him and bake him a pie, if possible, as he wa...