Okay, this is going to sound weird, but I actually prefer my floats to be made with Diet Coke; because something in the diet soda makes the ice cream form a lot of ice crystals. Yum!
I am so craving some black-eyed peas and can't find any anywhere. Everytime I go to the farmer's market, they are completely sold out. And the dried ones just won't do. Anyone know of a place to...
I have made French Fries before on a couple of occasions; and the secret to really flavorful-on-the-inside and crispy-on-the-outside fries is to soak the cut potatoes in sugar water before you fry ...
My husband and I recreated a wonderful salad we had at Lumiere in Newton, MA. It was baby greens, warm goat cheese, melon, peppered walnuts, and fine balsamic. Everything was separate on the plat...
My favorite digestives are Dark Chocolate Hob-Nobs. I could eat a whole roll! Which always leads me to the question, are they really "digestives" if you eat the whole package?
The best strange recipe titles always come from small-town church cookbooks. My friend, Laci, and I once found one called "Drunken Squirrel", that had something to do with actual squirrel meat and...
This isn't really a different term, but a different pronunciation...
I was the subject of much ridicule from my British friends when I lived in Manchester for not pronouncing the "h" i...
I'm thinking the old, time-tested method of hitting the bag on the floor sounds is winning out over jabbing at it with a little ice pick for 20 minutes.
I made my own wedding cake...a stacked, three-tier chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling and then decorated with rose petals. I found it to be sort of an escape from the wedding craziness t...
My grandmother says that when she was a child and they didn't have refrigeration, they would preserve meat by coating it in ashes from the stove. She said she remembers having to brush ashes off o...
This is a bit of a rabbit chase on nitrates, but my grandfather told me that the reason our gardens haven't done well this year, even though we have watered them sufficiently from the tap, is becau...
The carrot cake recipe I use has a buttermilk glaze you apply to the cake while it's warm, and then you frost it with the cream cheese frosting. It is out-of-this-world delish! Oo, that's really ...
This "plop" reminds me of a cobbler-like dish that Alton Brown makes called a "grunt". I wonder how these dishes ended up with such unappetizing names.
My husband and I honeymooned in Maine, which was the beginning of the end for my wedding figure. I ate my weight in lobster and clam chowder. We stayed at the Captain Lord Mansion in Kennebunkpor...
Okay, so I just noticed that this recipe is from Tom Perini of the famed Perini Ranch in Buffalo Gap; so I'll concede that it does indeed qualify as Texan. However, this recipe would better be dee...
That Texas Country Potato Salad recipe is way too fancy to be considered "Texas Country". The traditional Texas potato salad (potatos, mustard, mayo, relish/pickles, eggs, onion, pinch of paprika)...
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Sourdough bread...it has a mind of its own.
Okay, this is going to sound weird, but I actually prefer my floats to be made with Diet Coke; because something in the diet soda makes the ice cream form a lot of ice crystals. Yum!
Isn't it bad for the alcohol to sit in a lot of sunlight like that?
I am so craving some black-eyed peas and can't find any anywhere. Everytime I go to the farmer's market, they are completely sold out. And the dried ones just won't do. Anyone know of a place to...
I have made French Fries before on a couple of occasions; and the secret to really flavorful-on-the-inside and crispy-on-the-outside fries is to soak the cut potatoes in sugar water before you fry ...
My husband and I recreated a wonderful salad we had at Lumiere in Newton, MA. It was baby greens, warm goat cheese, melon, peppered walnuts, and fine balsamic. Everything was separate on the plat...
My favorite digestives are Dark Chocolate Hob-Nobs. I could eat a whole roll! Which always leads me to the question, are they really "digestives" if you eat the whole package?
The best strange recipe titles always come from small-town church cookbooks. My friend, Laci, and I once found one called "Drunken Squirrel", that had something to do with actual squirrel meat and...
This isn't really a different term, but a different pronunciation... I was the subject of much ridicule from my British friends when I lived in Manchester for not pronouncing the "h" i...
I'm thinking the old, time-tested method of hitting the bag on the floor sounds is winning out over jabbing at it with a little ice pick for 20 minutes.
I made my own wedding cake...a stacked, three-tier chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling and then decorated with rose petals. I found it to be sort of an escape from the wedding craziness t...
That lobster roll picture makes me want to get on a plane to Maine right this very minute! YUM!!!
My grandmother says that when she was a child and they didn't have refrigeration, they would preserve meat by coating it in ashes from the stove. She said she remembers having to brush ashes off o...
This is a bit of a rabbit chase on nitrates, but my grandfather told me that the reason our gardens haven't done well this year, even though we have watered them sufficiently from the tap, is becau...
The carrot cake recipe I use has a buttermilk glaze you apply to the cake while it's warm, and then you frost it with the cream cheese frosting. It is out-of-this-world delish! Oo, that's really ...
This "plop" reminds me of a cobbler-like dish that Alton Brown makes called a "grunt". I wonder how these dishes ended up with such unappetizing names.
My husband and I honeymooned in Maine, which was the beginning of the end for my wedding figure. I ate my weight in lobster and clam chowder. We stayed at the Captain Lord Mansion in Kennebunkpor...
Okay, so I just noticed that this recipe is from Tom Perini of the famed Perini Ranch in Buffalo Gap; so I'll concede that it does indeed qualify as Texan. However, this recipe would better be dee...
That Texas Country Potato Salad recipe is way too fancy to be considered "Texas Country". The traditional Texas potato salad (potatos, mustard, mayo, relish/pickles, eggs, onion, pinch of paprika)...
Jalapeno jelly is very nice and works well served with cream cheese as a dip.