Four Directions Dressing

I grew up eating fairly typical bread stuffing and dressing for the Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys. My Mom and Grandma would take white bread, cut into cubes, and toast it in the oven until they were crisp, and then on the day the turkey was cooked, they would mix it with broth in which they […]

Unexpected Flavors Blossom into Cookie Alchemy

I suppose one could say it is all Zak’s fault. Or rather, his was the inspiration. You see, for the past two years, at Yuletide, I set out to make one more new and interesting cookie to add to my growing list of sweets that beguile the senses with flavors that one does not expect […]

Shepherd’s Pie-It May Be Ugly, But it Tastes Good

Sometimes when the chill November winds blow, and the sky is a granite grey, the soul simply cries out for the warmth of a classic casserole. This is especially true when I have a whole bunch of hungry teens in the house who may or may not have patience for my usual offerings of authentic […]

Cookies and Friends

Morganna’s friend Emma, the eternally bouncy, hopped up to me this afternoon and said, “We would like to make chocolate chip cookies, please,” then flashed a pixie-like smile. How could I refuse? Making spur-of-the-moment cookies with my best friend Diane, is one my most cherished memories of middle school and high school. We’d start in […]

Putting History in a Piecrust

I have always loved old cookbooks, and cooking from them. It is related to my belief that if I can cook and taste the flavors of a culture, I can come closer to understanding the people of that culture. In cooking and eating foods that people ate hundreds, sometimes thousands, of years ago, I feel […]

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