My first chapter is live: Down on his luck, journalist Jack Sutherland pitches a profile on famous foodie Serendipity Brown, tasked by his editor to uncover her husband Richard's disappearance. Jack arrives at her art nouveau-style estate, Bishops Ridge farm, and is boisterously welcomed by the flame-haired chef. Serendipity settles Jack into her missing husband’s former study, fueling his investigative instincts. Over strong drinks, she invites him to her upcoming cooking demonstrations at her home. My novel: A week-long demo by a famous cook has four guests hide links to her missing husband. A romance with a visiting journnalist uncovers the truth. I'll be posting a chapter at a time on my site. (I hope I'm allowed to post this here, @Lowell Lane?)

I have my raised bed garden set up but the rabbits ate my basil and 1/2 my tomatoes 🍅 I went to farmers market and replaced them. I’ll get them planted today. Gardening for me is therapeutic. It also saves $. I picked up a container of tomatoes at farmers market and it was $6 😳. I plant my tomatoes with basil and marigolds. This time I will sprinkle cayenne around my bed and it will keep rabbits and other critters away. We were given a flat of pepper plants. So those will find a home too. What are you planting in your garden?

I was hungry today and I’m trying to make better choices. No sugar and Whole Foods. What did I have in the refrigerator? Small head of cabbage, I love cabbage any way you fix it. What else do I have? Sam’s all beef hotdogs. 🤔 I love stir fry cabbage. I cut my 2 hotdogs into bite size pieces. I cut up about 1/2 of a small cabbage. Heat my skillet on medium high and cook till brown on both sides. Add 1 T butter and a bit of water then add cabbage. Let it steam and then sauté it all together. Hot Dogs are 1.08 each. Cabbage .79 lb, it was very little. $2.95 lunch.

We have shared a lot of recipes and ideas. I want to know what you would like to know about. What is your request?? How to make bread? How to cut up a whole chicken? How to steam vegetables? Please tell me.