Oysters by the peck

For those of us who savor every drip of the liquor of your dozen fresh oysters, imagine eating a peck of them! Here’s a peck, held up by Jesse. Depending…

Enter the Rooster! Happy New Year!

Chinese New Year is round the corner. This Saturday. And yikes, I haven’t done anything yet. New clothes should have been purchased, the house cleaned and sparkling and decorated with…

Happy New Year! A baby to celebrate!

Rushing to post this before the end of the year. We were away in North Carolina celebrating the holidays with our new grandson–baby Aiden, born six weeks early on December…

When barbecue isn’t a barbecue

I know I’ve come to the right restaurant when instead of potato or tortilla chips, bread or peanuts, they bring out pork rinds for you to snack on! You even…

Surviving Thanksgiving: Roast Beef

Yay! This year my Thanksgiving turkey contribution was roast rib eye. There you see it, in its medium rare splendor. Roast beef with onion, carrots, parsnips and Brussels sprout. It…

Poutine my new discovery

I had my first poutine last week when I was in Brooklyn, NY. I’ve never met a poutine before but I sure liked the Roast Pork Poutine I ordered. A…