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 […]
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 […]
I love mashed potatoes, but I think Toby loves them even more. His default meal for birthdays, homecomings (from deployment, not the high school football game variety) and other occasions is meat, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese and biscuits. Very nutritious, I know. So it wasn’t really a shock when he asked for some mashed […]
I had some dried ancho chile peppers left over from making that Esquire oatmeal, and this recipe was on the package. I figured I might as well try it. I halved the recipe because I didn’t have enough chile peppers and I didn’t really think we needed 3 pounds of pork. It ended up being […]