Ah its pumpkin pie time again! I love all pie but the pumpkin pie truley is the epitome of a delightful Thanksgiving meal  in my opinion. How much do you really know about ye ole pun’kin pies of old?      Pumpkins are related to squashes, cucumbers, and cantaloupes. References to pumpkins date back many centuries. The name pumpkin originated from the Greek word for “large melon” which is “pepon.”...

    This will be my very last Halloween post of the 2009 season.  I have REALLY, REALLY enjoyed gathering up various seasonal facts and sharing them here.  I like to think of this site as my diary but also a collection of my thoughts.  As such I thought it would be a fitting end this year to send you off with some interesting facts about the absolute KING of scary movies.  VINCENT PRICE!!!!! Vincent has appeared in over 100 films,...

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    The late Stan Winston, master of movie special effects and one of my idols, directed a film in 1988 that chilled me to the bone when I watched it for the very first time.  As a child that grew up in primarily a southern area it was especially frightening because you could just feel the story in your ancestry.  The movie had eerie effects and a tremendous monster.  As a classic film in the genre of supernatural horror films, it...

Silvery blue on the outside, vivid orange inside, Jarrahdale squashes are almost too pretty to eat. So decorate your doorstep for a day, then bake it in a pie (or something more interesting).           A very old favorite from the old central market in Paris in the 1880s, and as pretty as it’s meat is sweet, the rouge vif d’etampes (red stamps) may be French, but it has a long history in America. Make a new tradition...