Category: Food

  • Lulu Bars – an Ugly Treat

    Happy Thanksgiving! Gobble Gobble! This Thanksgiving I’m sharing one of my Mom’s classic sweet recipes – LuLu Bars. The idea to share this recipe was born from a recent session spent thumbing through my grandma’s recipe book with Mom. Interestingly enough, while it was grandma’s archive, my mother (Mary Trcka) is cited as the author…

  • Championship Chili

    Straight forward: my chili is damn good. So is my Mom’s. Several coworkers probably make awesome chili.  My neighbor’s (although healthy) is yummy and pairs well with ‘Niner’s football. In fact, EVERYONE with a chili recipe makes good chili. Nobody explains their’s as “OK”. We all make ho-hum, ordinary dishes…my hash browns, for example, are just ok. Such is not the…