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Grilled Pork with Cilantro and Lime Marinade
Welcome to Cilantro Grand Central! For the third week running, the featured recipe features the zippy herb. Look for that to change in the near future when warmer weather hits, the cilantro bolts, and other herbs, fruits, and veggies find a seat in the summertime...
Top Ten 2014 Hess Cousin Reunion Highlights
This past Saturday, many of the descendents of my mother's parents, Vernon and Josie Hess (pictured above) gathered for the annual Hess Cousins Reunion. These are ten of the top highlights of the day. 10. The potluck dessert to salad ratio was about 5 to 1, which...
Camp Dorothy on the Wild Side
Camp Dorothy's namesake, the camp's activity director, and the man of steel are home safe and sound after a camp weekend that was on the wild side. Just how wild was it? So wild that someone didn't notice the absence of Wheel of Fortune. So wild that in 48 short...
Courtin’ Onions
The first Sweet Vidalia onions of the season appeared in our grocery store this week. Their presence brought to mind a chapter of the first book I wrote...the one about my father that led to an agent but not to a contract. Not for this book, at least. So today, in...
Cilantro Pesto
The pot of cilantro in the kitchen garden is going great guns, and so the hunt for recipes requiring copious amounts continues. Today's recipe for cilantro pesto comes from A Teaspoon of Happiness, the same website where last week's cilantro-peanut pesto was found. (I...
Top Ten Excuses to Avoid Washing Windows
10. It's too sunny. 9. It's too cloudy. 8. It's raining. 7. Windows don't get all that dirty in one short decade. 6. The chiropractor says polishing is bad for the back. 5. A little dirt on the glass cuts down the glare of the sun. 4. If the the glass is...