Over the past couple months, I have received numerous emails from readers about finding old Sphere/Cuisine recipes from the past. As my loyal readers know, I collect these old, wonderful magazines because the recipes are outstanding. As I was looking for a cake recipe someone had requested, I came across this rather strange chili recipe. […]
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Meals On Wheels: Nourishing the Belly and the Soul
Pick up just about any newspaper and you will find almost daily articles concerning the issue of obesity in our nation. What you don’t read about as often is the problem of our many seniors who would go hungry if not for the “Meals on Wheels” program. The Meal on Wheels Association of America […]
The Gem Of Esplanade Avenue
I am a food-lover who has never been to New Orleans, which I understand is a crime. Not that I don’t love the food of this historic city, as I have many New Orleans cookbooks, but I need to make the journey down South to savor the real thing. In the meantime, I can prepare some of […]
Ladies and Gentlemen- Start Your Ovens- for Suzie
In my last blog, I gave the information on how to enter the million dollar Pillsbury Bake-Off contest. Sure, it’s a huge prize, endless fun, and the winner becomes an instant celebrity. But the Bake-Off wouldn’t be the Bake-Off without the 100 hand-picked contestants, and Pillsbury picked one in particular five times to compete. I want […]
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?? It’s Time for the 2013 Pillsbury Bake-Off!!
It’s time again for the Pillsbury Bake-Off contest, and for those who don’t know, the prize is $1 million!! Not only that, the contest used to be held every other year, but now it will be held every year. Can you imagine – the possibility of winning $1 million dollars every year just for cooking! Click […]
If You Make Torrone Wrong….
I had mentioned earlier that I was looking forward to making an Italian nougat called torrone, a traditional Christmas candy. All of the ingredients were set out and ready to go. It was all going so well, that is, until at the crucial time period of watching the temperature on the candy thermometer, my girls […]
Merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas to all my readers who are celebrating today! It’s been a good day here at our home. My 91-year-old mom is visiting from California, and both of our girls are here, too. We first opened our stockings filled with all kinds of goodies, then enjoyed our traditional maple-pecan twist coffee cake before gift-opening. […]
It’s SoupTime!
It’s so cold here in Chicago, which means it’s time to get the kitchen warm with a hearty beef-barley-mushroom soup. After warming up with the soup, I need to go out and finish my last minute Christmas shopping. If you have a favorite winter soup, I would love to hear about it! After last minute […]
