Sweet, ripe, and juicy blackberries say Summertime, and this old-time favorite recipe shows them off beautifully. Blackberry Roly Poly is fun to say, fun to make, and fun to share at any summertime celebration! This post and recipe were created for #SummerDessertWeek! I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are ...
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Creole Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce
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 home-cooking classic, beloved across the USA and ...
Coconut Custard Pie
Coconut custard pie brings old-time baking pleasure home and makes a simple, delicious dessert for friends and family, for guests, or for taking along to a potluck, a party, or an event at work or school. Easy-to-find ingredients, simple methods, everyday equipment: It's a fine everyday homemade treat. Start with a single round of pastry ...
Shrimp Fried Rice
For busy-day cooking, or spur-of-the-moment simple satisfying suppers, fried rice is my go-to good-food-fast solution. For me, fried rice is as easy as making a sandwich! You may or may not get to that point in your kitchen journey, but even if you cook fried rice as an occasional item, you'll find it's a fantastic template to enjoy and vary to ...
Farewell to A Chef’s Life
Tonight you can watch "A Chef's Life" Harvest Special, celebrating the Series Finale for this beloved PBS television show. Chef Vivian Howard welcomes us to her kitchen, restaurant (The Chef and the Farmer), and Eastern NC home to remember five fabulous seasons and toast the memories with friends and family. Airing 9:00 pm Monday 10/21 on ...
Nathalie’s Pasta Salad with Pesto, Pine Nuts, Chicken, and Grapes
My work in the world of food gives me countless reasons to love my job, every single day. I love to cook, eat, and travel, and I thrive on the opportunity to learn about kitchens and culinary traditions, farming and ingredients, marketplaces and celebrations; all about people and how food figures in everyday life. In the process of learning about ...
Deliciously Simple Chicken Soup
Lightning bugs, hydrangeas and gardenias, early sunrise, late sunset --- I do love this time of year. I am so grateful for this sweet pocket of late-late spring meandering into nearly-but-not-quite summer. Official summer commences next week, which may mean that you are grilling every meal and dining on salads, wraps and sandwiches for the ...
Slow-Cooker Red Curry Lentil Stew with Sweet Potatoes and Cauliflower
This slow cooker red curry lentil stew with sweet potatoes and cauliflower is winter dinner gold. Easy to put together on a winter night, it's enough to feed a crowd with plenty to freeze for later. So good you won't mind adding it to your weekly meal plan to enjoy on more than one evening. Lentils are lovely --- I enjoy them in every form, and ...
Honey-Mustard Chicken Wings with Sweet-Hot Dipping Sauce
If you're looking for something fast to fix, tasty, crowd-pleasing, sports-fan friendly, portable, and fun to cook and eat, I've got you covered. These chicken wings use easy-to-find ingredients, stirred together in a jiffy. With just an hour's marinating time, they look and taste great. Longer is fine and of course the fine does get stronger; but ...
Creamy Winter Greens Soup from The Fearrington House Cookbook
Today the wintry weather tiptoed back in, with a few sharp drops in the temperature that seemed to happen each time I went back inside for some short business. I felt it more due to heading out wearing my lightweight jacket and scarf this morning; which have been the way to go since the big snow melted away a few days ago. Either way, true wintry ...