Tomatoes

Fresh tomatoes are a thing of beauty.  For me they symbolize so much, summer time, simple food, friends, family, farming, and the list goes on.  You always hear people saying that there is nothing like a tomato from your own garden, and I would have to agree.  I admittedly jumped the gun this year and [...]

Making Vinegar

So I am opening my first restaurant soon (more on that later) and am trying to make sure that I do not waste anything.  One of the questions I have always had in the business is, “what happens to all of the wine offered by the glass that does not get sold?”  The most common [...]

Simply Vanilla

I am creating my first post around my first published book.  I say “my first published book” for the simple reason that I have so many ideas and thoughts that I want to express that it is inevitable that I will publish a second or third, maybe more, book.  I am very proud of this book for many [...]