I grew up with baked potatoes as a staple in our home. My mom and dad taught us to eat the entire potato, skin and all. But it wasn’t until I was a teenager that I was exposed to baked potato soup. I think it was Silver Spoon Café (whose name later changed to American … Continue reading Baked Potato Soup
There is a danger with blogs. We peek into someone’s life via a few carefully selected photos taken with a nice camera, then we read a couple of beautifully crafted paragraphs describing an event, a memory, or a moment in a funny, poignant, clever or profound way. And we connect. We are entertained and possibly … Continue reading What a mess!
Years ago, when my friend Hannah had her baby Frances, I wanted to take her a tasty baked good and squeeze that little girl. I found a cranberry orange muffin recipe in a Martha Stewart cookbook, whipped them up, and took them over to her. Hannah is one of the most lovely gift recipients! She … Continue reading Cranberries are in…better stock up!
My mom is an amazing cook and baker (and mom and grammy for that matter). I can’t remember when we started making these sugar cookies for holidays, but the recipe dates back about 35 years, mom says, according the timeline of people,locations and ages of my sister and me. I can’t remember them NOT being … Continue reading Timeless Sugar Cookies
I have been so excited that the week is approaching to get to post about Sugar Cookies. These “Timeless Sugar Cookies” are one of my favorite and most loved recipes from my mom. When I started this blog, I strategized about when it would make the most sense to write about them. Halloween is the first holiday … Continue reading Pumpkins, Sombreros and Skulls
A special fall meal, including some of my favorite flavors of the season, is Pork Tenderloin and Sweet Potato Apple Scallop. The recipes each have a different history of how they came to our kitchen. The Pork: When I was pregnant with Lucy (my youngest child), a few of my son’s school-mates’ mothers offered … Continue reading Special Fall Dinner
This is a great cake. It is really simple, full of sugar and diced apples and screams “autumn”. This was the week to make it because David had already requested this for his “October Goody of the Month” and we went apple picking last weekend in East Tennessee. (Which is very fun although the farmer … Continue reading Fresh Apple Cake
Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese are broad terms. Tomato Soup can be described as thin, bland, soup poured from a tin can and Grilled Cheese can be a soggy, greasy, American-cheese-filled-white-bread-sandwich OR it can be defined very differently. It can be a gourmet, craveable, comfort food delicacy! I think it was a combination of Bread … Continue reading Fancy Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
It was a weekend of entertaining and the fall weather inspired the menu-making. We hosted a baby shower for our friends Matt and Lindsey, who are expecting their first child in a few weeks. And then I hosted a Do-It-Yourself Flower Arranging Class that my friend Melissa led. Both were such fun! You may think … Continue reading October Flowers and Showers
Sometimes I crave a scone- a buttery, sweet (but not too sweet), flaky, warm scone. I have tasted many-a scone at coffee shops and bakeries. Some are moan-able and others I could pass up. I think of scones as somewhere between a muffin and a biscuit. I have also found that there are scone people … Continue reading Sometimes I Crave a Scone
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