Fall Is Chili Time

Fall is a time that evokes memories of delicious food…at least for me it is. The nippy temperature drop always evokes memories of certain special foods that haven’t been eaten in what seems like years. What&#[...]

How To Build A Better Bacon Explosion

A step by step guide to cooking a better bacon explosion. When I first heard about the Bacon Explosion after reading about it on The BBQ Addicts site I knew it was a stroke of genius. Meat sushi…how brilliant! At t[...]

Mincemeat Cake Recipe

In the Beginning Was the Recipe… I was looking for my mother’s recipe for Mincemeat Cake. It was not in the yellow binder where I keep the family recipes copied out by my sister in her meticulous art school handwriti[...]

My Most Memorable Meal – Jenna Petersen, Romance Novelist

Jenna Petersen started writing full-time in 1999 when her husband said, “You’re only happy when you’re writing, why don’t you do that?” In 2004, her dream came true when her literary agent called to say she’d[...]

Mini Cake Sampler – Black Hound New York

THE SECRET OF LIFE IS … CAKE A slice of cake when it’s your birthday is a treat, but a slice of cake for no particular reason is a delightful surprise that turns an ordinary day into a celebration. Life just [...]

Spicing It Up

I don’t have a lot of pots and pans.If I had to, I could put dinner on the table with just one pot and a paring knife.And I’d have no problem eating with mismatched utensils if necessary.But take away my spices and i[...]

Making Merry Without Mary

My sister Mary loved Christmas. You think it’s rushing the season when the yuletide decorations appear the day after Halloween?She kept little white Christmas tree lights strewn around her apartment year round, surroun[...]

My Most Memorable Meal: G. Wells Taylor

Halloween.Some would say it’s the perfect holiday.You get to play dress-up, people give you candy and you don’t have to drive three thousand miles to spend the day with your family.But some would say that the day’s[...]

Double Devon Cream Butter – igourmet.com

This was my thought process when I saw this butter on igourmet.com: Double Devon Cream… Yum! Butter… Yum! How could you go wrong with Double Devon Cream Butter? I was, however, a little daunted by the idea of[...]