Roasted Chicken Apple Sausages with Grapes is a perfect fall recipe. Grapes come in season in fall, and this recipe uses those sweet grapes that in a savory recipe. In fall, it’s time to start thinking about comfort food. I love to cook seasonally, and right now, grapes are at their peak, with many …
Nicole Kidman’s Pasta is a pasta that is unlike any other pasta dish I’d ever had before. It is a vegetarian dish: a pasta that is FRIED to a crispy golden brown. Addictive at first bite, it made me love broccoli in a way I’d never loved broccoli before. I first discovered it when my …
This recipe for Slow Cooker Apple Butter is super easy to make, and unbelievably delicious!!! When September arrives, I am so impatient for fall that I can nearly taste it, and nothing tastes like fall to me quite as much as slow cooker apple butter. In the town that I was born, Berkeley Springs, WV, …
Pumpkin Soup with Apple Cranberry Relish, and Spicy Pepitas is a delicious recipe for fall or winter – especially for when your soul needs a little comfort food. It’s the perfect thing for the winter weather that’s on our horizon. When the weather outside looks frightful, there is nothing that warms the soul and lifts …
Made on the stove top, and Southern to their tips, this recipe for Green Beans and New Potatoes is just like Grandma used to make! (More or less.) In the South, eating a big plate of these is also known as sitting down to a “mess of beans and taters”. We try to incorporate lots …
Roasted Butternut Squash, Leek, and Ricotta Lasagna with Pine Nuts is the best thing I’ve ever done with those butternut squashes that show up in our CSA boxes or produce departments come fall. The recipe just shouts “autumn”, not only due to its ingredients, but also, because of its seasonal colors and flavors. The Third …
Ever wondered what the actual voice of the writer sounds like? Here’s a video that my friend Richard Chisum shot of our family, and of me, preparing one of our family’s favorite dishes, Goat Cheese Macaroni and Cheese with Roasted Garlic. Hope you like it!!! You’ll find my recipe here, The original recipe I got from …
Five Ingredient Maple Dijon Chicken is an easy and delicious weeknight recipe you can throw together in a flash. What is a Desperation Dinner? Five Ingredient Maple Dijon Chicken is on my short list of recipes I think of as Desperation Dinners. Desperation Dinners are dinners that occur because 5:00 has unexpectedly rolled around AGAIN, …
There is a story behind this recipe for Mimosa Fried Chicken Biscuits, and it all started on my recent trip to Asheville, NC . The Highland Brewing Company in Asheville While I was in Asheville, I went to the Highland Brewing Company, where I met the owner, the incomparable Oscar Wong. I don’t throw that …
This post contains Seven Smart Tips for Roasted Sweet Potatoes, and the end result is Maple Thyme Glazed Roasted Sweet Potatoes. This type of recipe produces what’s sometimes called “melting potatoes“: crispy on the outside, tender on the inside. It’s based on science, but I think once you taste them, you’ll agree that artistry is …
When I was a little girl, my Dad grilled steaks on Saturday nights in the summertime, and as I recall, those steaks always carried with them the scent of “eau de lighter fluid”. I don’t recommend that technique (even though it would certainly bring back some vivid childhood memories, to catch a whiff of that …
Those of you who’ve followed my blog for years will be familiar with my guest poster today. I am thankful to count Denny Jiosa, world class jazz guitarist and wine connoisseur extraordinaire, as my friend. Denny has helped me select some of the most amazing wines it’s ever been my pleasure to taste. And now, …
This recipe for Kale, Mushrooms & Bacon Over Grilled Polenta not only offers a delicious way to serve kale, it also shows you how to make polenta that is crispy, creamy, and cheesy. Eat More Kale: A Story of a Couple Divided I like kale. My husband, in general, does not. This recipe was …
How about a dessert that celebrates the goodness of the fall harvest? This Fresh Apple Toasted Walnut Cake is so delicious it had me dreaming about making another one, as soon as the first one was gone. It is dense and moist, crisp and crunchy, all at the same time. And what could smell more …
Chicken stock is one of those almost ubiquitous ingredients that efficient home cooks keep in stock (pardon my homonym). Smart cooks buy it by the box-full and store it on their pantry shelves, to have some handy when they need it. Why Smart Cooks Make Their Own Homemade Chicken Stock But smarter cooks store it …