Dear friend Pat sent me this recipe.  It is originally from the Food Network’s Cooking Live show.  Sweet Mother of Pearl!  Cucumber Salsa is now my new favorite recipe for cucumbers and tomatoes.  I honestly would call this a salad rather than a salsa, but let’s go with what the original recipe called it.  When the […]

It was weird.  For our Super Bowl gathering, we had bruschetta.  Now, that is not weird in itself, but what was weird was – This Italian appetizer is not usually served with Frito Pie.  Our menu was rather typical for a Super Bowl gathering – Pigs in the blanket, Frito pie, and all the trimmings […]

Mary Pittman had a tea room and gift shop in Richardson, Texas.  Be still my heart!  It was one of the first tea rooms I ever visited.  The fact that there was a tea room in my neighborhood was beyond wonderful.  It proved that living in the city was the life for me, and just […]