Joyfully Retired

Two weeks ago I asked readers of Joyfully Retired to participate in a survey on the frequency of cooking at home. (See post here.) I’ve been reading a book by Mark Bittman (Cooking Solves Everything) and I quoted these statistics: “Seven percent of Americans say they never cook; 30 percent say they cook three or [...]

We finally have winter in northern California. No, no snow. Winter here is defined as lots of rain and overnight temps in the 30s and 40s. And when it comes to defining winter food, soup is what usually comes to mind. I played around with some ingredients I had on hand and came up with [...]

I am only half-way through Mark Bittman’s Cooking Solves Everything and my brain is already whizzing. I’m going around quoting statistics and asking everyone I know questions about their food habits. I’ve exhausted my in-your-face friends and now I’m going to tackle you, my online friends. According to Mr. Bittman, Americans don’t bother to cook [...]

In my family, popcorn is one of our major food groups. I know popcorn for many people is something you snack on at the movies. In my family it was/is what we eat on Sunday night along with fruit and cheese. And then, of course, we snack on it at other times as well. We [...]