SOUPER BOWL PARTY with a FANtastic Cheeseball on the Side!

Since this Superbowl promises to be a shootout between two excellent quarterbacks, I am planning to serve NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER in honor of the Patriots—(my friend Bernetta’s  Football Clam Chowder recipe is wonderful – you just throw it all together and let it…

Valentines T-Shirts for the Kiddos!

Brrrr! Winter IS here! Mother and I went to Wal-Mart yesterday and their Valentine aisle was a cheerful contrast to dreary, drab, wintry day outside! So I purchased T-shirts in pink and red, paper doilies and fabric paint. (for my granddaughters, of course!). *See…

A Little “Stew” about Meatless Mondays…

(Picture from Planet Forward blog) When my friend Bernetta and I were treated to Christmas manicures and pedicures, the conversation with our darling manicurists turned to “Meatless Mondays”, food safety, and dieting (doesn’t it always?) While going meatless may sound virtuous and righteous, is it really? I…

Fire Up the Grill! It’s a Warm Winter!

Did you read the recent article by Mary Vallis on nationalpost.com that states “A new review from the Harvard School of Public Health published in the online edition of Circulation found each ounce of processed meat eaten–such as bacon, sausage, hot dogs and lunch…

Dear Mrs. Butters of Mary Jane’s Farm

Dear Mrs. Butters, Thankfully, cattle producers have already accepted Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg’s “Food Challenge” that the Newroom of Mary Jane’s Farm reported in the August/September issue. The Beef Quality Assurance program (BQA) focuses on educating and training cattle producers, farm advisors…