SPICY SWEET POTATOES WITH BACON AND PECANS If any vegetable could be called the ‘staff of life’ down our way, the sweet potato would rank right up there. Since the mid-1800s it’s been a mainst...Read More
TURKEY BONE BROTH Save those holiday turkey bones! As the bird gets carved up, just keep the bones, wing ends, cooked neck, etc, in a big plastic bag in the fridge. By the 3rd or 4th day you’ll ...Read More
NUTELLA PALMIERS Puff pastry was a mystery to me until I watched The Great British Baking Show—and all the fancy things they were doing with it. Not that I was about to spend time racing betwe...Read More
All along the southern east coast and the Gulf coast, you could find them if you traveled the back roads— just a bit inland from the water. Low, long, white-painted buildings, set back a littl...Read More
In spite of all this year has thrown at us, this might be the right time to stop for a bit and treasure the simple things that have given us some peace during the tumult—the places we live, the gard...Read More
SHRIMP PIEDS-NOIR Cocktail hour conversation turned to Algerian spices—as we marveled at the paper-twist-wrapped powdery spices that had come down from the big city with our visitors. The old NYC ...Read More
GREEN TOMATO TEA CAKE Every fall a family of Eastern European friends arrived at the farm with an empty bushel basket and a gift box full of Gata—a small sweet pastry, the likes of which the k...Read More
Down our way, they hang from store rafters, inside and out, wrapped and labeled, summer and winter—big, heavy country hams, right there along with fireworks and boiled peanuts. All the way...Read More
APPLE SPICE CAKE WITH CARAMEL SAUCE Don’t we all have those crisp fresh apples in abundance right about now? An apple picking trip or a quick stop at a roadside stand—part of the joy of autumn. ...Read More