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Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.  As we drive back from the beach, our skin tight from laying in the sun all day, hair still damp from salty oce...

Do you remember your favorite childhood treat?  Mine was Hostess Cherry Pies.  Cloyingly sweet cherry pie filling encased in a lackluste...

I was home visiting my family and was freshly out of culinary school.  I mean green. I hadn't really worked in kitchens yet other tha...

My banana pepper plants have been rather prolific and for this I am grateful.  As most of you who are regular visitors to this little s...

Remember when you used to wait for concert tickets to go on sale? Dialing over & over desperately trying to get through? (Here'...