Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
I have a stack of food magazines a mile high with so many interesting recipes. While they look fun to try out, what I’ve found is that most people, most of the time prefer food that doesn’t go too far out on a limb. Since cake was on my mind (yet again), I thought I […]
In the dead of winter when fresh berries are hard to come by, the Southern classic “Jam Cake” is a cake I just had to try. Aside from just plain “Jam Cake,” I’ve seen it called Tennessee Jam Cake and Kentucky Jam Cake. The cake was apparently a favorite of President Andrew Jackson, as author […]
It was my son’s birthday and his request for dinner was lamb. Well, really, lamb chops. To teach a lesson in economy and compromise, we got a leg of lamb instead. Gone are the days when chicken soup was his favorite! Because the day was dedicated to making the birthday cake (and all the other […]
I was exploring down home, country-style French cooking and came across this traditional dish for boiled chicken. You might think that it is really just chicken soup, with the chicken cooked whole instead of cut up. I admit that it has the appearance of chicken soup, but the flavor suggests something a little more, not […]
We rang in the New Year with some fountain fireworks in the backyard. [The kind of fireworks that don’t go higher than 6 to 9 feet!] We saved the fountain fireworks from our July 4th, Independence Day celebrations. It was worth it! The sparkling lights in the ultra-frosty air, with some added firework-noises to disturb […]