A friend of mine tipped me off to this fantastic recipe at http://damndelicious.net It provides that COMFORT FOOD taste AND it is totally healthy for you (a rare combination)!! This recipe is super quick and easy to make!! It is...
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
HOMEMADE VANILLA EXTRACT
The Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas baking season is just around the corner and I decided to stock the pantry with baking supplies. Well, I was shocked at the increased price of good quality vanilla; some of it is as high as $15 for just a few...
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Requiescat in Pace -- Polly Bergen
A while back we featured Polly Bergen's etiquette book over at Lucindaville. In 1977, Bon Appetit featured her chili recipe. We believe this is it. POLLY BERGEN'S CHILI 6 medium onions, finely chopped 6 medium green peppers, finely chopped 2 cloves...
Friday, September 19, 2014
Barbeque'n With Bobby
What makes a great pit master? Well, in Bobby Seale's case you found the Black Panther's, disrupt the 1968 Democratic Convention, go to jail, get arrested again and again and -- oh yes, make really great barbeque.Well it may not be the most conventional resume for a cookbook...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
GRANDMA's BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES
When I was a little girl I watched my (very German) Aunt Welentina Ezlinger make pickles in her basement. I climbed up on a stool and watched her line up the hot jars and put "seeds" in each one. She then packed the jars tight with cucumbers from her garden and...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Nina St. Tropez
Almost every review of Nina Parker's Nina St. Tropez says, "It's the next best thing to being there." First, let me just clarify -- there is no "next best thing." There is being there and NOT being there. We are NOT there and we are not that happy about it,...
Sunday, September 14, 2014
SOFT COCONUT DROP COOKIES
These cookies are WONDERFULLY SOFT, rich, flavorful and easy to make. The recipe makes about 3 dozen big 4" cookies and if you store them in an airtight container, they will stay soft and chewy (they are totally addicting!!) Soft Coconut Drop Cookies are PERFECT lunch...
Friday, September 12, 2014
A Good Heart and A Light Hand
This is a wonderful African American cookbook from 1968. It was compiled as a fundraiser for the Fund for Alexandria, Virginia. The recipes are from the Ruth Gaskins' Collection of Negro Recipes. Like so many women, Gaskins learned to cook from the women...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
TOMATO VEGGIE SOUP
We have already had frost a few times this fall and the yellow leaves are starting to fall; that means its SOUP time!! This recipe is a wonderful use for all of those extra garden veggies you have this time of year. Tomatoes, zucchini, carrots, onions, celery...
Saturday, September 6, 2014
EASY OVEN BROWN RICE
We've been trying to eat healthier lately, and "nutrition empty" white rice has been replaced by brown rice at our house.Before now, I have only had moderate luck making brown rice. Not only do you have to babysit brown rice on a burner for 40-ish...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
PERFECT BLUEBERRY CREAM MUFFINS
This muffin is sweet, moist, light, full of flavor and pretty to look at (I love muffins than have nice rounded tops). They are very quick and easy to make and they freeze well; what more can you ask for? BLUEBERRY CREAM MUFFINS MAKES...
Asian Pickles
We just love us some confiture here. If you can can it, pickle it, ferment it and write a book about it, chances are we have it. Here is the problem. No matter how well it is packaged, the recipes seem to run together. If you have seen one strawberry...
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