Briahna in the lobby of the Frog Leg Inn Saturday evening. For our previous Valentine’s Day dates Briahna and I attended the annual Daddy-Daughter Dance at the Community Center in Tecumseh, Michigan. This year Briahna is a member of the Tecumseh Competitive Cheerleading Team. Throughout the majority of the day we were at the Adrian […]
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Apple Festival ’08 at Kapnick Orchards, Britton, Michigan
A few days ago when I started this series of posts about the festivals this past weekend near Tecumseh. I posted a photo of some Jonathan apples. This is what the rest of that crate looked like when the camera wasn’t so close. The apple festival at Kapnick Orchards in Britton. Who’d have thunk they’d […]
Ahhh, Millington; All That Food!
My dinner plate from this afternoon; Roast chicken, meatballs, Uncle Al’s rich baked beans (yeah, those are baked beans on the front-right!), green beans & ham, penne and sausage (which I made this morning), sliced baked ham, deviled eggs, and cinnamon raisin bread. Click the image for a larger version. Almost exactly a year ago I […]
2008 Graduation Party
Yesterday afternoon Mary and I hosted the High School Graduation Party for both our sons at the Luna Pier Community Center. Her son John and my son Aaron are both graduating from Mason Schools here in southeast Michigan this afternoon. While I didn’t shoot pics of the food, we kept it simple, having what the […]
Eat This Blog: Muskrat Dinner at Erie VFW Post 3295
In a nutshell: This dinner, a Muskrat Dinner served at Erie VFW Post 3295 yesterday evening, was far nicer, far tastier, far more satisfying than I had imagined it would be. There was no “gaminess” to the meal I ate, which you can see in the above photo. Mary said she had one bite that tasted […]
National Bundt Appreciation Day, Nov. 15: Sour Cream & Apple Bundt Cake
Over on The Great American Cooking Project, as part of her year-long trek through century-old cooking and techniques, Nora Leah is hosting the National Bundt Appreciation Day on November 15th. My Adam will be 15 that day, so yesterday when we celebrated his birthday, he and I made a Sour Cream & Apple Bundt Cake. […]
Third Anniversary at the Frog Leg Inn
Mary and I have agreed … the Frog Leg Inn in Erie, Michigan is our favorite restaurant anywhere. We may appear biased since we’re such good friends with everyone over there, but evenings such as yesterday evening, when we celebrated our third year of marriage by eating at the restaurant, just keep us thinking that way. […]
National Meatloaf Appreciation Day, October 18th
Wow, what a busy weekend! We’re just now recovering from a few days of running and running, and hope things are a more even keel, at least for the next few days. Over on Serious Eats the gang has decided October 18th, this-coming Thursday, will be National Meatloaf Appreciation Day: Meatloaf lends itself to improvisation […]
Pumpkins & Goodness at the Trabbic Family Farm
Update, October 2019 -FYI … WE ARE NOT TRABBICS. 😀 Their web site is here. This is my food blog. Hokay? Hokay! 🙂 Trabbic’s opens for the 2019 season on September 14, 2019, and is open through October 31st. Hours are 10 a.m. through 7 p.m. every day. I realize this page sometimes pops up […]
Photo Essay: A Sauerkraut Party for an 80-Year-Old!
What kind of a birthday party do you throw for someone turning 80? Well of course, you give them any kind of party they want. And if it means a hundred-people-or-so making a ton of sauerkraut and then square-dancing, so be it! At the far left in this image is one of mom’s brothers, my […]