APPLE CIDER THANKSGIVING PUNCH When guests come through the door full of holiday greetings, it’s nice to have a couple of self-serve tables set up to offer a welcome drink—something both kids and ...Read More
BASIL Down our way, some of us still have a pot or two of those lovely green basil plants of summer—still enjoying the warm, sunny fall weather. But we all know, both the fresh basil and the sunny...Read More
BOGBERRY TART A 14th Century recipe for Canelyn pie, from the tale of Gawain and the Green Knight, uses bogberries as a flavorful contrast to the heaviness of the holiday food. Bogberries are small ...Read More
MONGOLIAN CHICKEN This is the kind of chicken dish most ordered by kids when you take them out for dinner—sweet and sour chicken, Memphis style barbecue chicken, Asian Sesame Chicken. Here’s...Read More
EASY LEMON BARS Down our way Lemon Bars are to the dessert table what potato salad is to the sides—they just have to be there. Everybody has a terrific recipe for Lemon Bars—from Mama, our A...Read More
PORCINI WITH ORZO Dried mushrooms like Porcini are often passed over because of their priciness. But ounce for ounce, the intense flavor from just a small amount of these protein rich delicacies, is...Read More
ORANGE CREAM CHEESE LOAF Not so sure this is really “bread”, and is a loaf really a cake, but in the interest of a nice slice with a mid-afternoon cup of coffee, let’s call it cake. This l...Read More
PUMPKIN PASTA Piles of bright orange pumpkins—like the red, ripe tomatoes of summer, and the first tender greens of early spring, pumpkins mark the coming of the colorful glories of autumn. Wh...Read More
CHOCOLATE ORANGE TRUFFLE TART There comes a day when the mood hits to make something decadent, something fancy, something French. Oh, and yes, something chocolate. Here’s just the thing that mig...Read More
HOT PEPPER JELLY STICKY WINGS Who doesn’t love sticky wings? Who loves standing over a grill, turning, brushing, then turning some more? Here’s the shortcut you need to turn out platters of th...Read More