Liquid Diet

No worries, Fruittart is not about to start on one of those wacky protein shake diets, drinking a chalk solution from a tin as a substitute for meals made of real food. Blech. And I hope the annual January weight loss frenzy hasn’t convinced you to do it, either. Even Thing [...]

A is for Apples and Alcohol

I think I’ve mentioned here at an earlier time that in grad school one of my guilty pleasures was a glass of Camas Winery Palouse Gold Mead and a sliced apple. It was a perfect dessert, so I completely understand why our wonderful host for Sugar High Friday, Andrew of Spittoon Extra, chose a [...]

It’s a ‘Shroomin’ Kind of Day

We are without children for a couple of days — they get a vacation without parents but with the Grandparents. So we had ‘adult food’ tonight. The kind you make and know no one will turn up their nose and say “Eewwww, what is *this*?” It’s good to have a couple of [...]

Recipe of the Day

Egana, Mrs. Potter and I had a good time tonight hanging out and chatting. It’s definitely something to repeat. The wine cooler was good too — worthy of repetition as well as space on this page. After my friends left I tried some of the fruit down at the bottom; the oranges [...]

Recipe of the Day

***Updated with photo 6/13/07
When we were in St. John, USVI for a week we stayed at a posh resort and had wonderful things to eat like coconut shrimp and mahi mahi and red snapper with mango salsa. Because it was quite a bit cheaper, we ate many of our meals at the large open-air [...]