1,000 Visits

I have to thank everyone who has visited and who still looks at the blog.  In less than two months the blog has received over 1,000 visits.  I know that a lot has to do with friends and family (thank you again), but many of the visits have been to those of you out there [...]

Summer Storm

I love a good thunder storm.  I am not talking about the kind where you feel as if you should sit it out in a bath tub or closet.  I am referring to the kind that produces great amounts of rain (good for the garden of course) along with easy rumbles of thunder and the [...]

Ideas In Food Dinner

Kelly and I are off to the Ideas In Food dinner being held at McCrady’s restaurant here in Charleston.  For those of you who love food you have to check out their site I have a link posted on the right hand side of the page.  They being Aki Kamozawa and H. Alexander Talbot are [...]

New Smoker

Kelly and I purchased a vertical smoker for the house today.  I have, of course, already put it together and started seasoning it.  We also purchased some beautiful fresh Carolina trout and line caught salmon to smoke in it.  To me there are few better things in life for breakfast than smoked wild salmon on [...]

Benton’s Berkshire Country Ham

I woke up this morning with a desire for a country ham breakfast (I know this sounds crazy, I mean how much pork can one person consume, a lot).  So I broke into the fridge and found a pack of Benton’s Berkshire country ham.  I looked back at my notes from visiting Allan and quickly [...]

A Craving

Laying in bed at about 1:00 in the morning Kelly and I both realized that neither of us could sleep because we were both hungry.  Our daily plans and routine had taken us long into the night and by the time we realized what time it was neither of us felt like cooking (I know [...]

Basil

Just a quick look at our basil plants in the garden.  The green is just a store bought plant (Lowes or Home Depot, I don’t remember) and the purple came from my Aero Garden.  I planted them together to see how they would do and if there would be any change from cross pollination.  I [...]

New Cigars First Steps

Dave Brown and I got together this weekend to kick off the new cigar project.  He had finally received our order of Ecuadorian Connecticut shade tobacco and we had to get it into the barrel short order.  Neither one of us wants to wait a day much less the six months we plan on aging [...]

Christmas Comes Early

The cayenne’s have started to turn red.  And just as I suspected it looks like a Southwestern Christmas tree.  I stopped counting the today when I reached 112 peppers that will be ready to pick soon.  I am such a fan of fresh from the garden and we all know that there is nothing compared [...]

First Look at the New Vinegar

When we got home from Knoxville for some reason I felt I had to check on my vinegar.  Kind of like it was a child that I had left for four days and wanted to know how their time was while I was away.  The observation was better than expected and I think I am [...]