Artist Appreciation Month
August is American Artist Appreciation Month. America has always produced high-caliber artists, from the lonely landscapes of Edward Hopper, to the playful, colorful musings of Jean-Michel Basquiat, to the photography [...]
Open-Air Eating
National Eat Outside Day is the last day of August this year. The history of people eating outside is fascinating, but you can use your own common sense to remember that [...]
Herbs for Flavor
We’ve written before about the benefits of smart/healthy salt, trying to stay balanced on a thorny public health topic. Many chefs, you will find, will go against the conventional wisdom [...]
The Saucy Saucier
When we think of sauces and gravies, we often think of hearty comfort food of the colder seasons. Thanksgiving gravy, Indian Pudding, soups, and liquids to warm the body, mind, [...]
Won’t You Be Thy Neighbor?
Chef Becky has never been overly concerned with popularity contests, but they are still nice to win. Bex recently won a Neighborhood Fave award from Nextdoor.com. What is Nextdoor.com? Nextdoor.com [...]
Eat Local Because You Can
Chef Becky was asked for her contributions to an article for MarthaStewart.com on How to Perfectly Can Tomatoes, read on. WHY CAN? Chef Becky Geisel lives by the minimalist credo [...]
Memorials for Life
Memorials for those who have passed are naturally somber events. But they are also social events in which people connect and reconnect, compare and contrast memories, and realize the value [...]
End of Summer Celebration
Midwesterners call it a hootenanny (or hoot), New Englanders call it a clambake, and Lousianians call it a shrimp boil. We’re calling it a block party – without closing off [...]
Café Culture
The cafe is an important part of not only American but world culture. Smaller in scale than a restaurant but larger than a hot dog stand, the cafe provides an [...]
Boba Fête
Words that have symbols always flummox people. Take the humble and important apostrophe, for example: required when showing possession or a missing letter, but people manage to mangle it in [...]
