Eating soup is like having a warm hug from a bowl! With the cool autumn air comes soup and slow cooker recipes. Between these three books (the top one shows the front and back cover), you will find just about every kind of soup and slow cooker meals. The recipes are homey and comforting, along with […]
Dear Culinary Cellar Readers: Please Vote For My Betty Crocker Cookie!
It’s time to “Mix it Up with Betty!” My recipe for Salty Caramel Peanut Brittle Bars is a finalist in the Betty Crocker cookie contest and now I need your help. Ready, Set, Vote! Here is all you need to do: 1) Follow this link: https://www.bettycrocker.com/community/recipecontests/cookie-contest 2) Register on the Betty Crocker site. (Don’t forget […]
Savory Main Dish Pies
I love the recipes of Beatrice Ojakangas. Not because she is a Finn and my husband is a Finn, but because her recipes are always so pleasing and comforting. Pot Pies are the ultimate in comfort food. Many times, savory pot pies can be made from what you have in your pantry and refrigerator for […]
The Art of the Perfect Loaf
After I decided to give away bread cookbooks on my blog this week, I went to the area of my shelves housing bread books, of which there are many. I do this every fall; searching for the next great bread recipe to bake. Sometimes it will be a fruity coffeecake, other times a whole wheat […]
An Amazing Gift from Electrolux and Abt!
We feel like the luckiest family today, because Abt Appliances and Electrolux delivered our prize-winning appliances this past weekend! Aren’t they beautiful?! In case you didn’t read last week’s blog, my husband Bill entered his first ever cooking contest and won all of these appliances- for cupcakes! Or actually, it was for “Cubcakes” in honor […]
City Cuisine from Two Midwesterners
Being a big fan of Top Chef and other cooking shows, imagine my delight in finding this cookbook last week at a library book sale. I have enjoyed reading and watching these two talented chefs for many years and then hit the jackpot when the book turned out to be a signed copy. The inscription to Dr. Charles Lutzow and his assumed connection […]
Cookbook Give-Aways for the Week of 9-20-10
Are you a bread baker? Or would you like to learn more about it? Either way, you will love the two cookbooks this week in my give-away! The Italian Baker by Carol Field is considered a masterpiece in the cookbook world. The author appeared with Julia Child on her popular PBS series, “In Julia’s Kitchen with […]
Sunday Recipe for 9-19-10: It’s Apple Time!
Apple picking has begun, which means this is one of the first recipes to come out of my files. Jelly-glazed cinnamon apple slices sit atop a sour cream pound cake and topped with toasted almonds. It’s a gorgeous cake that looks like it came from a fancy pastry shop, and tastes like fall. Scandinavian Apple Cake […]
