Monthly Archives: July 2008

Bendu is a rare gem. She is sassy, funny, wise and witty. I wish every one of you could have the privilege of knowing her. I wish you could see her smile when we tease her or the look she gives me when I sneak a piece of chocolate without offering her some. She has been through so much but still is full of life or shall I say spunk.

We think she might have had a… READ MORE!

I thought this post worthy of copying over to this blog from AFM menu, plus it might inspire you to try and make your own pizza at home

Well we have finally done it!  We have the cheese, extra pans, time, and oven space all at the same time so now we can finally get a ‘Pizza! Day’ underway…

Last Friday night we had pizza on the menu and I made sure I had enough crusts not to run out!  We make our own crust and par bake them beforehand, freeze them till we need them, then pull

Steve, over at Round The Chuckbox Observations of Life and Faith from a Camp Cook (also linked here under culinary minds) has a wonderful blog and I think I am just going to use HIS self descriptive text for it -
For 37 years I’ve had two culinary careers — one that paid the bills and the other imagined. Growing up in Fresno in the 1960s, I attended Camp San Joaquin in Sequoia National Forest. To me the cook and his assistant had the best job. Where else could I pursuit my passion for cooking and… READ MORE!

When babies wake up from surgery the reaction is universal. They are mad, confused, and hungry. As soon as the child even starts to wake up we get the mom to come and comfort/ feed her baby. Sometimes the child just screams and screams after mom is there, after they have been fed and after they have had pain medicine. So we have to become creative and try to figure out why they are so upset. Some times they are just plain obstinate and want to scream. Other… READ MORE!

We spent Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon at a guest house on the beach. The house itself is very bare bones, but it has running water and electricity and air conditioning in the bedrooms in the mornings and in the evenings. The house is hostel style. There are 7 rooms and most of them were full this weekend… READ MORE!