Porch Drinks, the Driftless Area and Bayou Boogaloo

Thank you, unexpected minor surgery, for treating me to a summer’s afternoon on the sick bed I’ve constructed on my front porch, complete with a bulldog nurse and the best novel I’ve read all year. Literati, I recommend you dive into The Driftless Area by Tom Drury as soon as possible. It’s like Guy Noir […]

Patriotic Baked Oatmeal

Happy Memorial Day! Amid weddings and backyard barbeques and garden-starting, don’t forget to stop and salute the flag, in your oatmeal. Patriotic Baked Oatmeal Adapted from Penzeys Spices 1 Cup milk 1/2 Cup sugar in the raw (or white sugar) 1/2 Cup fat-free or low-fat vanilla yogurt (or plain) 2 eggs 1/4 tsp. 1 TB. […]