When you get yourself in a pickle, do you stay cool as a cucumber? Food is such a critical part of our lives that it is no wonder that we pepper (sorry) our language with food references. It looks like we can’t keep up with…

I’m sitting here at my computer, just home from a holiday shopping excursion and nursing a coffee mocha I treated myself to on the way home. It’s cold here in Huntington Beach and my icy fingers are warmed by the zarf that encircles my pretty…