Category: Kitchen Hive
Every Tuesday morning there’s something new—food, libations and sometimes a story. From cool cocktails, to rustic desserts to easy seafood—the search through old and new community cookbooks and the old classic standbys that sit in tatters on our kitchen shelves. Enjoy!
Refrigerator Pickles
Refrigerator Pickles Half bushels of those little pickling cucumbers used to be easy to come by. But for this fast, easy summer condiment, those long thin English/Persian cucumbers work just fine. Dou... Read More
Sistah’s Corn Pudding
Sistah’s Corn Pudding Down our way, we all call someone Sistah. And most Sistah’s do a corn pudding. Sometimes it even gets to be an adversarial pursuit. It’s what to do with last night’s left... Read More
Summer Time Party Drinks
Summer Time Party Drinks The Hive got the message you’d like to see some drinks on the blog. Here goes. Your summer time party gets a little easier if you have a few drinks already organized. And if... Read More
Sesame Noodles
Sesame Noodles Craving some carbs with all those glorious summer salads? Cold Sesame Noodles. Here’s another one of those things everyone seems to know how to make. But once again, I could never get... Read More
Caprese Salad
Caprese Salad Everybody knows how to make this wonderful summer salad, right? The traditional–tomatoes, mozzarella, basil, olive oil, salt and pepper. Sometimes we part with the traditional to m... Read More
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
It’s still strawberry season somewhere. So here’s another one of those two-ingredient recipes that demonstrate, once again, that you know your way around the kitchen. • A quart or more of strawb... Read More
Strawberries Are In Season
You can smell them at the Farmer’s Markets; they look gorgeous at the local produce stands. So. Are you ready to start baking? Well, maybe not yet. But somehow, you’ve volunteered to bring a desse... Read More
Johnny Cash’s Mom’s Meatloaf
OK, it’s not as iconic as Elvis’ peanut butter, banana and bacon sandwich. But since I’m a life-long Johnny Cash fan I couldn’t resist the MSN story about Peggy Knight, the Cash family houseke... Read More