In The Book Drop

Libraries are fascinating places. You can get a Master’s Degree by checking out books from the public library. You can check out items like telescopes and cameras and tablets. You can use the printers, 3D printers, copy machines, and computers. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, the library might have a fish tank. You can stare at …

Finger Food Friday

You already know about Taco Tuesday. It may be one of your top ten days of the week. Have you heard of Finger Food Friday? Some of the most fabulous foods are finger foods. Carrot sticks, celery sticks, and apple slices all qualify. Yes, the whole gamut of veggie trays can be the main course …

It Starts With Someone

It starts with someone. In France there’s a cultural norm to regard corn as food fit only for swine. Humans don’t eat it—or rather, the French don’t eat it. Other cultures around the world have a different standard for corn. The French however, maintain that corn belongs to the pigs. If you happen to visit …

A Tomato Is A Vegetable

Recently, I heard someone claim ketchup is really only tomato jam. If you think that sounds reasonable, then maybe you’d like to chow down on a peanut butter and tomato jam sandwich. Personally, I’d rather have strawberry, grape, tangerine, any jam other than “tomato jam”. You see, this whole insane debate started with some unnamed …