Smith Bites: Food That Connects Us

GLUTEN-FREE GRAPE FOCACCIA WITH ROSEMARY

November 15, 2012

Musical pairing – Holy Moses by Washington This is one of those recipes I’ve wanted to share for a couple of years now; the anticipation of fall and the harvesting of concord grapes makes me feel nothing less than giddy. But Concord grape season is short, my attention span is short and one of three things [...]

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GLUTEN-FREE PUMPKIN BUCKLE WITH SUGARED PECANS

November 13, 2012

Musical pairing – Here We Go Again by Ray Charles with Norah Jones Guys, I’m going to out myself here and say that I am bone-tired. My brain is fried, my body’s ‘get-up-and-go, got-up-and-went;’ I’m staring at a calendar that says next week is Thanksgiving, four weeks later it’s Christmas, then New Year’s . . [...]

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TRAVELING WITH VERIZON & THREE FLOYDS

October 31, 2012

Musical pairing – Mama Told Me by Three Dog Night Whenever we travel, I love perusing the grocery store isles to check out the local brews. We really don’t drink much, but we can’t help but savor the heart and soul so many artisans are putting into the brewing craft. Even with Debra needing to [...]

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52 sundays; october 28, 2012

October 28, 2012

The Professor and I love visiting the West Coast and it’s not until I’m actually there breathing salty water, watching the boats bob about and hearing the screech of the seagulls that I realize how much I miss it.

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GLUTEN-FREE CHICKEN POT PIE WITH CHEDDAR BISCUITS

October 24, 2012

Musical pairing – So Small by Carrie Underwood My oldest son and his family moved to Indiana last month; the last year without Alice has been difficult and everyone felt they needed a new start – new job, new home, new beginning, moving forward. So they packed up their house in New Hampshire, along with Alice’s [...]

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52 sundays; october 21, 2012

October 21, 2012

The Professor and I are in beautiful Seattle once again – we’re finishing up a couple of projects with Shauna and Danny and had the pleasure of spending a Saturday visiting friends for a day of cider pressing.

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STONE FRUIT HOT TODDY

October 16, 2012

Musical pairing – Daddy Sang Bass by Johnny Cash I’m not sure if the cold and flu season begins but I do know that it arrived here at Smith Bites 2 weeks ago – first The Professor and then four days later, moi. Somehow I’d managed to stay cold-free for more than two years; alas, [...]

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52 sundays; october 14, 2012

October 14, 2012

The Professor and I are on the road today heading to Virginia as part of Sabra’s Tastemaker program. In the meantime, I thought I’d share a few of our favorite photos from our recent trip to Upstate New York for the Longhouse Writer’s Revival.

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BARN

October 9, 2012

We’ve been very fortunate to do quite a bit of traveling these past few months and one of those trips included heading to Upstate New York to attend a Longhouse Food Revival. The Professor and I weren’t quite sure what to expect . . . creator and visionary, Molly O’Neill made reference to ‘Burning Man’ – [...]

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POTATO CHOWDER

October 1, 2012

Musical pairing – I Won’t Give Up by Jason Mraz For as long as I can remember, I dreamed of being a singer – on Broadway or as a solo artist, ala Barbra Streisand, my hero at the time. I was singing at 18 months old and had entered my first talent contest at 5 [...]

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SHOOTING & EDITING VIDEO ON THE MOTOROLA XYBOARD

September 28, 2012

Debra and I are excited to be participating in the Verizon Wireless Savvy Gourmet program and over the summer, we’ve been able to “test-drive” the Motorola™ XYBOARD 10.1 tablet. From email, web browsing and social media to a slew of other apps from the Google Play Store, this tablet has something for just about everyone. But [...]

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