Stan Yockey

I recently spent a fun afternoon in the kitchen, watching college football and making sausage. I had invited several friends to join me for the sausage making experience, then to make pasta and an Italian dinner. Unfortunately for both the invitees (because they missed a fun afternoon and good sausage) and me (because I ended up solo – which is not exactly recommended when you set out to make twelve pounds of sausage!), the Covid-19 social distancing situation continues to thwart get...

June 27, 2020 Covid Beater Coq au Vin! Get togethers in my community have sometimes not gone as originally planned.  Back in February, for example, the Italian Night we planned was ‘interrupted’ when one of the hostesses had a medical situation arise that kept her from participating and kept the rest of us glued to our phones for updates! This time, the social-distancing rules to combat Covid-19 caused a late change in plans when a member of our group raised concerns about dining indoors and...

March 17, 2020 Interview with Kate Delaney I recently got to experience a fun element of my literary journey when Kate Delaney, a nationally syndicated radio personality, asked to interview me about “Some Adventures Outdoors (and In the Kitchen!)!”  We spoke for nearly a half hour prior to the interview so that she could get a feeling about me, the book, and how the interview might develop. Fortunately for both of us, she made me feel very much at ease.  Although she hadn’t read the entire...