The lows could be under the freezing mark this week, and the highs could go as far as 70F. Soups and stews...and I'm told that I make great soups and stews.... With a nice foccaccia bread, perhaps. Fresh veggies used, of course. Maybe a nice thick potato soup with a hint of good smoked sausage, or a good lentil soup, or maybe just whatever seems good to me at the time....

Fish chowder -- there's a restaurant here in town that make a wonderful cream of aspargus soup with smoked salmon in it. Must try to make something like that.