If you have a pool, your house is probably where friends and family like to gather in warm weather, so with the end of summer approaching far too quickly, it’s time to squeeze in some fun by the pool before it’s too late!

Like scotch and caviar, it is often said that liking blue cheese is an “acquired taste,” but in my case, I think I’ve always liked it. At least I don’t remember a time when I didn’t. I loved the tang of blue cheese salad dressing or crumbled blue cheese in a salad which was my introduction to it. The funky smell wasn’t that evident in those forms, and by the time I saw a “moldy,” “smelly” piece of delicious blue cheese, I already knew I liked it, so I wasn’t put off. I love it enough that I created Bellisari’s Blue Cheese, Honey & Shallot Spread.

Picnic During the Pandemic

Life, right now, is no picnic. “Picnic,” being the shorthand — popularized ages ago — for anything easy and delightful. And even though we are in a global pandemic and a time of social and economic upheaval, doing something easy, that you find delightful, is maybe more important than ever.

Wednesday Blog:  Campfire Cooking: As Easy as Camper Pie

In this age of technology and convenience one of my favorite activities camping, isn’t something that you hear much about. Maybe I’m just not talking to the right people! 😉 In any case, many of my most prized childhood memories are of camping trips with my parents and brothers and sisters. And, no surprise here, many of those memories center around food. What is it about cooking and eating out of doors that makes food taste so much better than at home? Is it the fresh air? The smell of a wood fire? I don’t know the answers; I just know it’s true!