Dear Readers, I'm making an exception to an unspoken recipe of mine with this recipe--I'm sharing something I found on the internet. It's just delicious and I will share the link, and get back to old-fashioned cookbooks next week, I promise. :) Samoa Cheesecake Delish! Ingredients: Cheesecake Ingredients: 24 Oreo cookies 4 tablespoons melted butter pinch of salt *I never could find where this appears in the recipe, but hey. 3 (8-ounces) bricks neufchatel (low-fat) or regular

Dear Readers, I hope you are well. Some days, even weeks, are hard. My mother moved in a week ago Friday, somewhat unexpected, and then on Monday went into the hospital with heart failure. It was so fast that I didn't have her medicine list and we haven't even found her a doctor here yet. But, somehow, with my husband, son, sisters, colleagues. and friends' support, we are making it. I pray that each of you are surrounded by love and kindness. God bless, Christina Introduce y

Dear Readers, Food doesn't just satisfy our taste buds and stave off hunger. Recipes can be reminders of people and times from our past. Mrs. Dorothy Kinzie was my home economics teacher in high school. She was also the advisor for Future Homemakers of America. I served as Parliamentarian and Vice-President at James River High School and also as Secretary for the district. Because of Mrs. Kinzie, I got to experience my first "nice" restaurant and learned how to cook fan