Cook, Eat & Explore with Food Writer, Cooking Teacher & Cookbook Author, Nancie McDermott
One layer, one pan, one simple batter-mixing session, and you're ready to share a marvelously elegant and simply delicious Peach and Nectarine Torte. Peaches and nectarines, butter and brown sugar, plain or glazed: it's a keeper you'll love and make again. This post and recipe were created for ...
Cupcakes? Always a big "Yes!" because they are: Portable! Hand-Held! Ready-to-share! Colorful! and cupcakes say "Celebrate!" My Blueberry Cupcakes with Lemon Icing are easy to make, easy to take, and easy to love. This post and recipe were created for #SummerDessertWeek! I was sent samples by some ...
Layers of lusciousness, from fine butter cake and juicy berries in syrup to whipped cream, custard, and lots of sweet berry goodness. My Summer Berry Trifle is an easy, endlessly-variable dessert which seems fancy at first glance. In fact, it's more fun than fancy, and here's how to make one you ...
Win big at the super-duper snacks game, with my easy chicken wings recipe. These flavor-full wings are perfect for parties & pot-lucks, even when you're short on time. Extra delicious, fun to eat, and easy as can be. One hour marination time, simple ingredients, sure to please! This winter, it's ...
My friend Jill O'Connor knows a thing or two or three about baking, desserts and sweet treats. As a pastry chef, she knows the why and how, and she brings her professional expertise into the home kitchen. She's also a mom, a newspaper food columnist and a cookbook author, all of which add generous ...
I've adapted Bill's recipe, from Seasoned in the South, here, using bacon instead of side meat or pancetta, and trading in the lovely wilted salad he includes in his recipe for good ol' grits, which I had on hand and longed to sample in the classic (fried fish or seafood + grits) combination. ...
Sour cherries make mighty delicious pies, and when you start with canned sour cherries, you're taking it EASY! Make this beauty any time of year, and remember the ice cream or whipped cream! The sour cherries come from a can; the fantastic flavor comes from heaven My grandmother's pantry was ...
One mighty fine sweet potato pie, made with a family recipe shared with me by Chef Bill Smith of Crook's Corner in Chapel Hill, NC. If they'd let me have another couple of dozen pies in the cookbook, I would have blessed Southern Pies with a whole entire chapter on sweet potato pie. ...
I love living in the same town as Mrs. Mildred Council, an inspiration for chefs, home cooks, kids and anybody with a dream of making a go of it in the business world by doing what she loves to do. Mama Dip's Kitchen on Rosemary Street here in Chapel Hill, NC, is my go-to breakfast ...
As soon as I learned about the Pie Party for July 5th, 2011, I counted myself in and started trying to narrow down my pie-options. The more options I have, the faster I melt into indecision and confoundedness, so I limited myself to summertime essentials which around here runs to blueberries, ...