Ham always seems like a good choice for Sunday dinner, and leftovers are handy for quick meals during the week. This recipe calls for a large smoked ham and it will feed ten people. An easy raisin sauce is made with the cooking juices, and the meal is rounded out with baked sweet potatoes. Maple Syrup Ham with […]
Savory Cheese and Mustard Muffins
These muffins, savory and rich, make a sensuous accompaniment to soups and salads. Best served hot from the oven, they will melt in your mouth. The recipe is from Martha Rose Shulman. Cheese and Mustard Muffins 6 Tablespoons safflower oil, divided1/4 cup chopped onion1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper1 cup all purpose flour1 cup whole […]
A Truck Named Sugar
If you live in or around a large metropolitan area, you learn to avoid trucks at all costs on the highways. But not this truck. Not a truck named “Sugar,” aka, “The Treats Truck.” This is a truck you want to find and follow. The happy face you see hanging out of Sugar is Kim […]
For the Ecologically Aware Seafood Gourmet
After viewing Julia Child’s kitchen at The Smithsonian last summer, the first place I headed for was the museum’s gift and bookstore. The selection of cookbooks in the store are inspired by American kitchens and the sale of the books support the educational purposes and activities of the Smithsonian Institution. There you will find Julia’s […]
Bake-Off # 37: The Million Dollar Man and His Macadamia Fudge Torte
I can still recall someone telling me that the 37th Bake-Off grand prize would be one million dollars. One million dollars. I thought it was a joke. No cooking contest has ever come close in prize money. The iconic Pillsbury Bake-Off has continuously captured America’s attention since 1949, but now all bets were off. American cooks headed to the kitchen […]
Memories Between the Pages – Part II
As in yesterday’s blog of hidden bits of history between the pages of my cookbooks as I renovate my Culinary Cellar, I find that things keep popping up. Like this old, yellowed receipt from Williams-Sonoma from September of 1988. I couldn’t read it all because it was so crinkled and fragile, but I am betting […]
Memories Between the Pages
During the ongoing renovation of my Culinary Cellar, I think the most fun is finding little items I had placed between pages, or special thoughts written by the giver, if the book was a gift. Friends, and everyone in my family know that if they don’t know what to buy me for Christmas or a […]
Wine Mousse for a Special Birthday
I have made some wonderful friends through this blog, and one of the first was Madonna, from Indiana. Madonna is a wine connoisseur and is in the process of developing her wine blog. When I saw this recipe in a January 1982 Cuisine magazine, it had her name written all over it. Happy Birthday, Madonna! You […]
