Throughout the course of my life I have met some extremely colorful characters.  I have a large circle of people who I am happy to call friends.  I have a lot of clients that I work for that I don’t really consider friends.  I want to tell you about a couple that fall into the former group. These folks originally joined my group of acquaintances by becoming customers of mine. I was approached to update their existing business...

    Since it’s almost Thanksgiving, I thought I would do some research on the origins of some of my favorite holiday PIES!  What I found out is very interesting.  Like most things in life, pies seem to have a sordid tale to tell and many are not without some level of controversy.  Here is what I learned. Pecan Pie     Pecan pie has a pretty murky history.  Pecans as a plan have their origins in Texas.  Pecans are an ancient...

    The scarecrow is a fascinating piece of Halloween cornucopia that just does not get the attention it deserves, in my opinion. Some of the best scary stories ever told contain themes of this icon of fall coming to life and behaving like men. Many times their behavior is of an evil or ominous nature.     Wiki tell us that a scarecrow is, traditionally, a human figure (or mannequin) dressed in old clothes and placed in fields by...

     No, it is not Southern slang for dodging things a chimp might throw at you.  Its a truly fascinating dish that seems to have it’s origins in the deep south of Louisiana.  The name Turducken is a portmanteau of turkey, duck, and chicken.  It is a dish consisting of a partially de-boned turkey stuffed with a de-boned duck, which itself is stuffed with a small de-boned chicken. The chicken and the rest of the gaps are...

   I don’t know about you, but at my house, I can almost NEVER resist the sad eyes and begging demeanor of my doggie when its meal time.  In keeping with the season, I wondered if any of my soon to be Thanksgiving meal was bad for my pup.  All the web articles I have read seem to say about the same things.      Looks like the key to giving a bit of Thanksgiving dinner to the dog or cat is to give just a bit – moderation....

     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.”...