Cook, Eat & Explore with Food Writer, Cooking Teacher & Cookbook Author, Nancie McDermott
When you say "Comfort Food!" I say: Bread Pudding. Make mine New Orleans-style, because the Big Easy is the home of this simple Creole Bread Pudding recipe. How about we let the good times roll, right into your kitchen? Bread Pudding = Simple, Smart, Satisfying, and Sweet Bread pudding is a ...
Welcome to my home-made Mardi Gras celebration! King Cake helps the good times roll in New Orleans and all the Mardi Gras-celebrating regions. My Mardi Gras King Cake recipe shows you bake up those good times and bring that colorful sweetness into your home kitchen! The City of New Orleans ...
Strawberry season makes North Carolina people happy, and with good reason. At this point in the heart of May, farmer's markets tend to have a bountiful supply such that even the tardy-arriving market-goers have a good chance of finding sweet ripe strawberries, enough to eat, sprinkle on cereal, cook ...
My Thanksgiving prep plan includes pumpkin pie minis and here's why. They are easy-as-pie to make, cute and inviting, easy to serve, and full of deliciously seasonal pumpkin spice! I wrote this post for #HalloweenTreatsWeek, but it's on-time for the entire holiday season! I received samples ...
Black Walnuts Though they seldom appear on standard lists and menus, black walnuts are both growing on today trees and widely available for purchase in supermarket produce sections and by mail order. Even back when they were familiar as a Southern pantry ingredient for baking and sweets, buying ...
Halloween calls for treats and goodies, so here's a double-delight from me in cupcake form: My pumpkin spice cupcakes, topped with creamy pumpkin frosting and a confetti of varying spooky-season sprinkles! These are fun to eat, fun to make, and fun to share! This is my second post for ...
Fall leaves coming in and those scents you love, but what is the best things about fall besides pumpkin spice? Apple Pie! Warm, gooey fresh apple pie with the hint of spices. Time to EAT! In a beautifully written and handsomely illustrated book called Old Southern Apples, ...
I say "Halloween pumpkins" and you say what? "Big spooky Jack o' Lanterns with candles inside!" Better idea: Make my easy pumpkin soup for a Trick or Treat-worthy supper! Topped with roasted pumpkin seeds, it's your quick lunch and dinner in a dash, throughout these Halloween season ...
Pie Time! Pumpkin pie has been on my A-list forever, and I've never understood why we relegate it to the holiday menus between November and January 1st. Delicious? Check --- Simply and swiftly made? Check --- Made from accessible inexpensive ingredients? Check --- Popular? Check! Perhaps its ...
What's sweet and a little crunchy, rich and coconutty, and so easy to make, it's like you waved a magic wand? That would be my magic coconut pie! This dream dessert skips the crust completely, and makes coconut custard filling the star. No-Crust Coconut Pie? This Coconut Pie is one of ...