Category: Recipes
A holiday all-purpose spice mix and The Cooking Gene for Cook the Books
This month’s Cook the Books Club selection is The Cooking Gene, a fascinating and insightful read.
An Insanely Good Apple Pie and the Field Guide to the Birds of North America
This review is an unusual one for me, a field guide for bird lovers. Of course, I made a pie to celebrate…..What’s the connection? Keep reading.
Portuguese Honey Bread for IHCC’s Bread Basket
Bread is the theme of this week’s I Heart Cooking Clubs. I perused through Gourmet Today to find the perfect holiday recipe: Portuguese Honey Bread. It’s full of holiday spice, cranberries and citron.
Cornmeal Cream Cheese Pancakes with Cranberry and Apricot Maple Syrup
I Heart Cooking Club’s theme this week is CRANBERRIES! I found a great recipe in a retro Gourmet to celebrate the season. Serve these pancakes up for a very special Thanksgiving breakfast!
Spicy Butternut Soup with Chorizo and Walnuts
A lazy Saturday ritual, a social media rant and a delicious soup.
Morning Glory Muffins for IHCC
For I Heart Cooking Clubs’ Morning Glories theme this week, I revisit a muffin recipe that is chockful of apples, carrots, raisins, nuts, and coconut.
Marinated Olives and Tomatoes and a Charcuterie Board for a Curmudgeon
Welcome to the November round of Food ‘n Flix, A Man Called Ove. I created a charcuterie board to celebrate this film with marinated tomatoes, olives, and homemade cheese crackers.
Pumpkin Apple Bread for IHCC
Another great Ruth Reichl recipe from her Gourmet days for I Heart Cooking Clubs.
Balsamic Grilled Pork Chops, Scalloped Butternut Squash, I Heart Cooking Clubs and Ruth
Join me in joining IHCC as they celebrate Ruth Reichl. Today’s recipes come from Gourmet TODAY and a vintage Gourmet magazine, circa 2003.
Roasted Pork in Banana Leaves
Wrapping the pork in the banana leaves made for a deliciously moist meat and many tasty meals. Where did we get the leaves? Not from an Asian market but from our own backyard grove.