Slimming Down with Salmon
By Barbara Simmons I December 06, 2019 Does this arm sling make me look fat? I wasn’t planning on spending four weeks in a sling this...
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An inventory of current information offered by local groups and organizations, and by municipal, county and state institutions.
Barbara Simmons
Dec 19, 2023
Teaching
As I write this column, back-to-school madness is in full swing. I’ve been retired from Vernon High School for a little more than a year,...
Barbara Simmons
Dec 19, 2023
Sunday Concerts
Why would a recipe for crumb cake make me remember my 7 years of music lessons? Maybe it was the Sunday performances I had to give for...
Barbara Simmons
Oct 31, 2023
All Things Italian
So, you may be wondering nice German girl like me has such a fascination for Italian food. It is because of a love affair with Italy and...
Barbara Simmons
May 1, 2022
Christmas Traditions
Were your Christmas traditions carved in stone or did they vary from year to year? I loved that our Christmases were always the same when...
Barbara Simmons
Apr 30, 2022
Comfort Food
My husband, Aaron, gets annoyed when he sees meatloaf or macaroni and cheese on a restaurant menu. Irked, he will ask, “Why would you...
Barbara Simmons
Dec 6, 2019
Harry’s Cheesecake
By Barbara Simmons I December 06, 2019 Last fall, just before Thanksgiving, I lost my brother, Harry. It was a terrible loss for me; he...
Barbara Simmons
Dec 6, 2019
Cookbooks: There Can Never Be Too Many
By Barbara Simmons I December 06, 2019 OK, I admit it. I am a cookbook junkie. I have a boundless curiosity about cooking and thumbing my...
Barbara Simmons
Dec 6, 2019
Harvesting Rhubarb
By Barbara Simmons I December 06, 2019 My father, Horst Kertscher, had a knack for growing things. He, his four brothers and three...
Barbara Simmons
Mar 18, 2015
Treasures from the Berlin Wall
By Barbara Simmons I March 19, 2015 Looking back at 2014, it is easy to remember the top stories, mostly because they were tragic,...
Barbara Simmons
Oct 29, 2014
It’s time to start thinking about Christmas cookies
By Barbara Simmons I October 30, 2014 Three women were very influential in my development as an accomplished baker: my mother (Gertrude...
Barbara Simmons
Sep 4, 2014
Last days of summer
By Barbara Simmons I September 05, 2014 Goldenrod, jewelweed, bee balm, black-eyed Susans, purple loosestrife—the back-to-school flowers...
Barbara Simmons
Sep 4, 2014
Macaroni salad: A summer classic
By Barbara Simmons I September 05, 2014 Oh how I miss holding a photograph in my hands.I’ve searched through my parent’s albums looking...
Barbara Simmons
Jun 8, 2014
Rhabarber-Barbara
By Barbara Simmons I June 09, 2014 What combination says summer more than strawberries and rhubarb? Here is a dessert that everyone will...
Barbara Simmons
Apr 16, 2014
Lentil soup – Gemütlichkeit in a bowl
By Barbara Simmons I April 17, 2014 Gemütlichkeit, the German word for coziness, is what you felt when came to our house on Castle Rock...
Barbara Simmons
Feb 28, 2014
Coming home to Eintopf
By Barbara Simmons I February 28, 2014 We moved to the lake “for good” in January of 1965. My parents bought our house on Castle Rock...
Barbara Simmons
Aug 29, 2013
Summer’s Best Bounty
By Barbara Simmons I August 30, 2013 Our German relatives came in droves every summer. They would stay three to six weeks at a stretch....
Barbara Simmons
Aug 1, 2013
Frikadellen For The Next ‘Grill Party’
By Barbara Simmons I August 02, 2013 It was the summer of 1974. I had just come back to Tante Lucie’s house in Sonnenberg, Wiesbaden...
Barbara Simmons
Jul 4, 2013
Potato Salad With A Few Secrets
This was the only kind of potato salad Gertrude ever made.
Barbara Simmons
May 22, 2013
Coffee And Cake On The Lake
By Barbara Simmons I May 23, 2013 To me there is nothing more “German” than Obsttorte mit frischem Obst. Translated, it means “fruit tart...
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