Pork, the "other white meat" -- my earliest memories of pork chops were dried up little things my mom put on our plates.  They were chewy, dry and with all due respect to Mom - they were awful.

It wasn't her fault - she was afraid we'd get sick if we ate undercooked pork.

Luckily the pork of her youth is no more and with some care, pork chops can be tender and juicy.

The secret?  LOW HEAT - slower cooking -- you don't want to be searing chops with high heat, you want a nice, slow heat to

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It's Sunday and Phoebe wants her "Phoebe Day" - the one or two mornings each week she gets to go in the car for a ride and have breakfast and lots of attention from people!

She is a long haired, double coated dog so we have to be careful with her in the heat but we finally had a cold front move through this weekend.

Phoebe is in heaven - she is dancing and prancing like a pup. 

I love it when Phoebe is super happy -- and she was SUPER Happy today -- looking forward to winter in Florida for

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