My Madison Bistro

Watching football is stressful if you’re invested in one of the teams. I was laughed at as I repeated, “Oh, my God!” over and over when I thought something bad might happen. In other words, constantly. And that was just during the first drive. Not wanting to be laughed at further, I spent a good […]

Have you ever had an MRI? If not, I recommend avoiding it, if possible. I’ve had my head scanned, my foot scanned…doesn’t matter which end of me they look at, frankly, it sucks. Let’s talk about the foot MRI, first. I had that done a few months ago, when my foot hurt so much I […]

We all have our go-to dishes, those that just sort of developed as we started cooking our own meals. Over time, they evolve. The meat sauce I make now doesn’t come close to resembling my initial efforts more than a decade ago. Then, I was terrified of developing a brown film on the bottom of […]

Merry Christmas, everyone! Whether or not you celebrate a holiday at this time of year, I hope you and yours have a wonderful season. In my family, we open gifts Christmas Eve after enjoying punch, brandy slush, and cookies & candy. Christmas Day always has a more time-consuming, special meal. Last year, I baked fresh […]