I woke up at 5:45 on Saturday morning. Not because I wanted to, mind you, but because I am officially old. I had kept my kids up late on Friday night in hopes of a nice sleep-in on Saturday morning, and dang if they didn't sleep in until the ripe hour of 7:30. Unfortunately, Mama couldn't pull ...

We are taking a break from our regular programming to share with you a very special message. It's almost like this is the emergency broadcast system. It's that important. People, they *changed the fries at The Free State Brewing Company.* If you don't know why this is a big deal, you ...

Johnny loves pancakes. I try to make them for him once every weekend. I had fallen off the pancake wagon for the last month or so, and Johnny hadn't mentioned it, so I was skating on the whole thing because he seemed to be over it. Until Friday night, when we did our usual night-night ...

Don't make fun of me for loving chicken and rice. I know it's culinary blasphemy to open a can of cream of *anything* soup to make a meal, but once in awhile I just can't help myself. I like it! My kid will eat it as will everyone else in my house and dang if they don't go on and on about a ...

Halloween. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love your costumes, your treats, your weird and creepiness, and I love your food. I love remembering eating warm bowls of stew at my mother's table before trick-or-treating our very Mayberry-ish childhood neighborhood. I love ...

Mr. Meat and Potatoes, my husband, loves a pork chop. I'll admit, it's not my favorite cut of meat. I'm not against the pork chop, per se, but it doesn't really make my toes curl, if you know what I mean. Still, I can't resist a bargain and good ole Checkers Foods had these ginormous ones ...