How many products in nature are there that can give you as many health benefits as honey does? Certainly there are some, but not that many. Honey is one of these food products that different people have had various opinions on because it is full of glucose and fructose, the so-called simple sugars. Being a [...]

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’s even worse is that I usually don’t realize how much they have been missed. One of my favorite fall [...]

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 handwriting and decorated with whimsical drawings. The recipe wasn’t in the manila folder where I keep [...]

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 it’s a whole other story. I grew up in a household with a [...]

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, surrounding the space with a dotted line of luminosity that defied the darkness that often threatened to engulf her. She started her Christmas [...]

I celebrated my 21st birthday with two cakes.One was devil’s food with German Chocolate icing that my mother made and sent to me by way of my younger brother.The other was a pound cake with pink, lemon-flavored fondant icing, an old-fashioned confection baked by my great-aunt Helen who lived in the small North Carolina town [...]

Sometimes, you’re just in the mood for a little something sweet. You could satisfy that craving with a frothy frappe from the nearest coffee shop, perhaps, or a black and white cookie from the corner deli.In a pinch, you could even have some bread with jam. I would have been happy with any or all [...]

I am never alone in my kitchen. If I reach into my silverware drawer, my hand passes over the three iced tea spoons that are all that is left of my great-grandmother Julia’s silver service.The pattern is beautiful, elegant, 19th century.I never use the spoons, but their shape never fails to please me when I [...]

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