This post is from an earlier date but I felt it was time to republish it because some readers had asked about tools for making apple cooking easier and a few recipes. I may repost a couple more about the apple harvest simply because I love apples! Enjoy the post and please feel free to … Continue reading Apples Are In!
Category: Discovering new places
Hello and welcome to Boone Appétit! Recently I helped a friend move his daughter into her first apartment after college. The move took me to a place I hadn't been in a very long time, Hoboken New Jersey. From the looks of things Hoboken has changed dramatically since I was there last. Apparently it's the … Continue reading Friday Finds
As we head into September I wanted to remind everyone that's it's the perfect time to get out to your local farmer's market or farm store. The fruits and vegetables are ready for you to make amazing dishes for your friends and family. It's very important that you shop locally now and help keep your … Continue reading Harvest Time.
It's an early start leaving Colorado. Reluctantly I steer the car out of the driveway and across railroad tracks, I'm heading East towards the highway and the very long trek to Illinois. As the sun begins to crest on the horizon I'm well on my way, the mountains and Pine trees give way to the … Continue reading The Final Push
Traveling in the time of Covid can certainly be a challenge. I had to change my usual route via Texas for Colorado and that was a nice detour. Now Kansas and Nebraska were just put on the list of New York Covid quarantine states so I'm heading further up north to cut across Nebraska, Iowa … Continue reading Boulder
I'm heading back on the road and ready for new adventures. I had a choice of three different ways to get to my next destination and decided to take the route that would place me directly in the Four Corners area. I remember going there as a kid and it was a lot of fun … Continue reading If It’s Good Enough For Charlie Daniels
Do you see the rabbit? As the saying goes,"All good things must come to an end" so my time in Tucson is ending. Before I depart on an eastward trajectory, hopscotching from states that aren't on New York's list of "banned" states, I'd like to dispel a couple rumors I've heard while in Tucson. One … Continue reading Adios Old Pueblo.
Today I needed a change of scenery and since Mount Lemon was closed due to a fire I pointed my car in the opposite direction and headed south and a little east of Tucson to an area that is about 2000 feet higher in elevation than Tucson and a world away. Taking Interstate 10 East … Continue reading Tacos, Beer and Horses.
If you read my last post "Stumbled Upon", you might have been wondering who Father Kino was. He was an Italian Jesuit Missionary, geographer, cartographer and astronomer, born in 1645. The last 24 years of his life he spent in "New Spain" or what is now present day Mexico, Arizona and California. He is credited … Continue reading The White Dove Of The Desert
Hey everybody, I hope this post finds you and yours in good spirits and healthy. By now I'm sure you've seen on the news how a resurgence of the virus that shall not be named, is happening in many states. I know in a lot of those states dining in is now allowed, however I've … Continue reading So Many Take-outs, So Little Time!