This past week we have been very busy with a special house guest. Our aunt came to visit us all the way from Reston, Virginia! Before moving to the west coast almost 2 years ago we lived only a half-hour’s drive from our home in Maryland to hers in Virginia, and we saw each other…
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Heirloom Tomato Salad with Pickled Fennel
This past week our very best friends from Maryland visited us for the first time since we moved here just over a year ago. Our friendship began 26 years ago when we had both moved into the same new development in a Maryland suburb, about 25 miles northwest of Washington, DC. We moved there from…
Grilled Herb-Marinated Pork Loin
Here is the recipe for the Grilled Herb-Marinated Pork Loin which I mentioned in my previous post. I had a request from a faithful fan for it, so here we go… It is a recipe from Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, but she does it with pork tenderloin, which I have done in the past…
Tuscan-Style Chicken Under a Brick
With just about a month to go until we move the days have been flying by at breakneck speed. Over Memorial Day weekend we were in upstate New York celebrating our niece’s college graduation. It was a beautiful event, and one we would not have missed. Now that we are back home there is plenty…