Oysters

Who knows how some family traditions get started. I think the tradition of eating oysters on the half shell Thanksgiving Day got started when I…

Pie dough

I cannot tell you how proud I am of myself. I have learned to make pie dough. After almost 40 years of trying. The Mayhews…

Scalloped oysters

You are either an oyster person or you’re not. Most people are not oyster people and that’s just fine – more for me. Every Thanksgiving…

No manners

“Damn, that was good. You’ve still got butter on your lips.” This from Mark who just walked into the office after polishing off a cluster…

Scrambled eggs

I just want to say a word about scrambled eggs tonight. When I was growing up, I thought all scrambled eggs had a slightly green…