Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
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 […]
You may think this fox is simply lounging around our yard, but really the poor thing was going through some tough times this past week. Setting aside the fact that there were bitter cold temperatures to endure, one day, out of the blue, the fox was badly limping and looked beaten up. What dangers lurk […]
We’ve had a Vitamix® super duper blender for a few years. We used to use it for making those healthy green smoothies that were so popular back then. As it took about 40 minutes to prepare the vegetables and fruits to make those green smoothies, we still felt hungry after drinking them, and the smoothies […]
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 […]