Today the Sunday Funday writers are sharing pizza. Amy of Amy's Cooking Adventures is hosting. She invited us: Let's make pizza! Share your favorite homemade pizza or a twist on pizza using classic pizza ingredients in another dish! Stacy of Food Lust People Love , Sue of Palatable Pastime , Rebekah of Making Miracles , Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm , and I coordinate this low-stress group; we only participate when we are inspired. As I mentioned, Amy is hosting this

To kick off 2026, the combined wine writers' groups is exploring something or some things new. Host Lynn of Savor the Harvest wrote: " January is about trying wines from a new to you region (or one from which you have never had a wine), a winery you’ve been wanting to try, or a grape(s) you’ve never had. Bonus if your wine is all three!" Wine and adventure? Yep, I'm in. Not too long ago, I shared Our Central European Whirlwind - Prague, Vienna, and Budapest - Paired with Win

Welcome to the first Alphabet Challenge post for 2026. We have had so much fun over the past two years, we decided to do it again. A is for... Ají de Cerdo - Peruvian Pork Stew by Food Lust People Love Aloo Bhaji & Poori by Mayuri’s Jikoni Amygdalopita by A Messy Kitchen Anday Aur Subzi Pulao by Sneha’s Recipe Apple Crumb Pie by A Day in the Life on the Farm Apple Pork Chops by Blogghetti Arancini by Jolene’s Recipe Journal Argentine-Style Burgers with Chimichurri Sauc

For one of my best friends' birthdays, we decided to host a party for her when all of our kids were home from college. That was last weekend. I had landed on a menu from our shared Motherland. Funny, after the party at least a few of my friends commented on being surprised that I knew how to cook Filipino food. I wasn't sure whether or not I should be amused or insulted. This was part of my dessert tray: ube crinkles. Now, I now that I have been vocal about ube being overused