As I mentioned before, my grandmother died recently. She loved to cook and bake, and one of her favorites was hummingbird cake. I wanted to bake one in her honor — though unfortunately I don’t know any Carmelite monks to give it to, like she would have done. Instead, I gave it to a bunch […]
Ok, I know what you’re thinking. If you are from the Cincinnati area, you’re thinking, “Mmmmm, three-ways!” And if you’re from anywhere else, you’re thinking, “I didn’t think this was that kind of blog.” Well, stop. This blog post is not about the topic addressed in Britney’s “3” (although, given her passion for junk food, […]
Remember that apple slide show from Sunset magazine a few weeks ago? Just about everything on it looks good to me, but I made the apple corn muffins first. This recipe is much faster and simpler. I don’t really like eating red apples raw, for whatever reason. But these are perfect in this applesauce. You […]
I am still planning to make the hummingbird cake ASAP, but Toby and I are living in the Navy Lodge (a hotel) right now because our bedroom ceiling, walls and closet have been gutted/ripped out because of a leak. So it may be another few days. In the meantime, I wanted to share something I […]
I usually wait a few days before posting things I’ve made (sometimes even longer), but I had to go ahead and show you these cupcakes I brought to work for Halloween. They are not difficult at all (though they are definitely easier with a microplane grater) and you still have time to make them for […]
The other day, my friend/co-worker Heidi sent me a grilled cheese slide show. She obviously knows me very well. This came shortly after Isabel told me she had received her first copy of Sunset magazine in the mail and that Tyler Florence is all over it. Those two things together led me to realize Sunset […]
We went to New York this weekend for the Navy-Notre Dame game at the new Meadowlands stadium. Well, actually we went to New Jersey for the game. But we took the train in to NYC on Saturday evening and again Sunday morning so we could eat lots of fabulous food and shop (just a little). […]
Sorry that swimming post was depressing. Let’s try something a little more cheerful. As you may recall, I recently made PB&J bars for a Navy football tailgate (or tailgater, as they call it). The midshipmen thoroughly enjoyed them, and apparently asked if I was making them for the next home game. Unfortunately, I learned this […]
Whether you call them cornmeal pancakes, hoecakes or Jen & Melissa cakes (I know, hilarious), these are delicious. I first had these around 2003 at Paula Deen’s Lady & Sons restaurant in Savannah with my mom and grandmother. We all loved them and I had been wanting to make them ever since. But I never […]
A few years ago, my mom got sick on Christmas. At that point, I had done a lot of baking and could cook a few dinner items (rigatoni, chicken tacos and spaghetti with tomato sauce, basically), but preparing an entire Christmas dinner was a little daunting. Luckily, my mom had already bought a ham and […]