Serves 4 Prep time: 30 Minutes, Plus an hour or two for marinating Cook time: 10 Minutes Difficulty: Moderate 4 Boneless skinless chicken breasts 1/3 cup olive oil 1/3 cup soy sauce Pepper 1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese 2 Tbs. butter 12 large fresh sage leaves (or the equivalent volume in smaller leaves). Pound […]

Got this recipe from Edith Horikawa about 40 years ago.
Just mix everything together. Stick in the chicken and let marinate for about two hours.
An awesome marinade for barbecuing chicken breasts.

Servings: 4-6 Prep time: 45 Minutes Cook time: 1 Hour Difficulty: Moderate 4 Cube steaks 1 1/2 to 2 pounds 2 cups milk 1/3 cup soy sauce 2 cups flour Salt and pepper 10 or 12 small red potatoes 1 pound whole fresh carrots 7 cans Campbell’s mushroom soup Mix the milk and soy sauce […]

Originally Published in 2004. Updated for today’s reality.

Servings: 4 Prep time: 30 Minutes Cook time: 1 Hour and 40 Minutes Difficulty: Moderate 4 slices of cooked ham 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts 4 slices Swiss cheese 3/4  cup all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1 egg 3/4 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs 4 teaspoons butter 3/4 cup […]

12 large garlic cloves – peeled 3 tablespoons olive oil 3 tablespoons butter, room temperature 8 cooked bacon slices – chopped 3 pounds small red-skinned potatoes 4 teaspoons dried sage Fresh sage sprigs for garnish (optional) Preheat oven to 400? F. Combine garlic an oil in small ovenproof dish; cover tightly with foil. Bake until […]

From the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont

Serves: 4 to 6 Prep time: 20 minutes plus 1 hour to marinate Cook time: 20 minutes Difficulty: Easy 1 tablespoon ground Allspice 1 tablespoon dried Thyme 1 1/2 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper 1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black Pepper 1 1/2 teaspoons ground Sage 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 tablespoons garlic […]

Rain takes on a whole new dimension when you live in an 80 year-old house with a bad roof and a foundation that looks like it would wash away if it gets too wet. Add to that the fact that there are indoor electric outlets mounted on the outside of the house and you will […]

Carrie thinks she got a day off because she wasn’t repairing something around the house and she got to do something she likes. But creating a stained glass replacement for a closet window would still be “work” on my list. Luckily for me, she likes making stained glass windows. Carrie finished the designs for both […]

At least twice in previous stories about our new house, I’ve mentioned the fishpond. Tucked up against the Office, about 15 feet outside the backdoor of the house, is a 100 gallon fishpond that the previous owners had installed. It is little more than a plastic liner set in a dusty hole in the ground […]

We just settled into our spot at the Long Beach Blues Festival when we heard our neighbors chide Paul for having me work on “homework” at the festival. Misinterpreting our relationship, perhaps due to the 20 year difference in our age being exaggerated by Paul’s looking older than he is and my looking younger, they […]