First, you will need a road. We picked Route 1. Second, you will also need a car.  We picked a new Ford Mustang.   And then you drive.  We stopped for lunch at Lucia Lodge where the burgers were big but the salads were bigger. And beautiful.  We booked a cheap motel in Cambria.  Not only did …

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      Wisdom comes with age.  No.  Wisdom comes with experience. I was naive when I did the first Good Housekeeping’s Cookery Compendium Challenge. I thought it would be a breeze.  This time, I approached it with caution. A lot of recipes were just bland… Tomato Soup Meat & Potato Loaf Some were surprisingly …

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This is side recipe is under the title “Minced Meat Hamburgers”.  I present to you the Meat and Potato Loaf. The general vibe is that hamburgers are too common and not a wholesome family meal.  You can therefore shape the minced meat into a “steak”,  Steak is fancy, you see. Sorry for blurry photo. You …

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Last time, I picked a dish from the GHCC called Kromeskies and they were one of the low points.  They were this weird thick roux mixed with cooked mince meat, wrapped in bacon, dipped in batter and deep fried; which I dismissed as the GHCC trying to be exotic and including Polish recipes.  I thought …

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