It’s hard for me to pick a favorite Mediterranean restaurant in the Louisville, Kentucky area because I have several. But Aladdin’s in New Albany, Indiana is the only one where I’ve had Turkish coffee. The Aladdin’s website needs to be updated: as of this writing,…

Sometimes our vegan daughter attends “big family” gatherings, and sometimes she doesn’t. If I know she’s attending or if I’m not certain she won’t, I make a vegan dish to take (the gatherings are pitch-ins). I always label the vegan dish so non-vegans won’t eat…

So I bought a can of spinach — or, as people who have had children call it, pinish. Yes, a can. Don’t judge. We had it just heated up and buttered, which I actually like, but Charlie doesn’t. Fortunately, his motto is Everything doesn’t have…