Happy New Year!

Wed like to wish everyone a safe and happy new year! Thanks for all your support this past year. May the next one be even better, full of great hunting and delicious food. Cheers!

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Happy Labor Day… only 113 shopping days until Christmas!

Wow, is summer really gone already? That was fast, but then again, it always is. Is it really just the old saying “time flies when you’re having fun,” or do those extra long days screw with our sense of time? Who knows, but it does seem like I was just writing that Memorial Day post.

I hope you all enjoyed this summer, and were able to cook and eat lots of great food. I appreciate all the visits, and comments, as the blog has really grown rapidly the last few months. Special thanks to all of you who helped spread the word about Food Wishes. It’s been a lot of fun learning and using the new equipment (I took the plastic off one of the manuals the other day), and I hope the videos will become even better, and more enjoyable for you.

So, as days grow shorter, sunflowers go to seed, crunchy leaves cover the lawn, and some idiot tells you how many shopping days until Christmas, take heart; we are entering the prime cooking and eating time of the year. I hope you will visit this blog often for ideas on filling your fall and holiday tables with an array of delicious and somewhat healthy recipes. Finally, here’s to all the poor cooks, chefs, and other hospitality workers that celebrate Labor Day by working. Don’t feel too bad though, they’ll catch up after work…they always do. Cheers!

Btw, the sunflower photos were taken on a recent walk through San Francisco. You can even see parts of the beautiful Victorian they were planted in front of.

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HAPPY PONGAL!!!!

Dear friends wishing you all a very happy Pongal and Sankaranti. Here are the puja pictures from my small puja space. I prepared sweet pongal, venpongal, vadas, and sambar for the occasion. I am back from my small unannounced break. This is my first post for the year :) I had been neglecting my blog because of my studies. My course is over now…whew! I will be posting frequently and be participating in events conducted by my foodie friends. My reader is also full…I’ll catch up with all your posts soon. See you all in my next post.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We just got back from a great family gathering at our parents, Al and Peggy, in Davis, CA, and I wanted to share a quick photo of our bird. It was a buxom 20-pounder, and tasted almost as good as it looked. Ill be back to work tomorrow, starting in on a whole slew of new videos. One well have coming soon, will be inspired by the pan-roasted artichoke hearts seen below. Stay tuned!

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