Bolognese sauce is different from typical spaghetti sauce in that it includes the addition of cream or milk. The sauce comes from Bologna, Italy and is usually prepared with tagliatelle; however, the variations of Pasta Bolognese are endless. Tubular pasta […]
When I saw this recipe when I was but a lad, I thought it was supposed to be Welsh Rabbit, but I did not understand since there was no rabbit in it. As it turns out, when this dish first
I love green peas. I always have a bag of peas in the freezer – one of the few frozen vegetables I enjoy – and we have them several times a week. But I did not always like them. Growing
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I wanted to call this recipe Butter Mustard Parmesan Coated Oven Fried Chicken Thighs, but someone thought that was too long and cumbersome, so I went with Oven Fried Chicken Thighs. Breasts were my chicken part of choice as an
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Growing up, my Mother almost always had a frozen pecan coffee cake in the freezer – the one that boasts “everybody doesn’t like something, but nobody doesn’t like …”. And when I would wander into the kitchen Sunday morning and
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Here is a James Beard recipe that I have been making since the 80s and I still love it today. I served it so much during my Philadelphia days, I think my friend Milena may have tired of them. But
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Southerners are serious about their potato salad. I was at a funeral once and the eulogist said, “Miss Mae made the best potato salad”. And the Baptist church I use to attend put together a committee to decide who would
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I was staying with my sister-in-law Jeannette and she was preparing a dish for her granddaughter’s wedding shower. So, between snacking on grapes that she kept in in a colander in the refrigerator – which by the way is a
The first party I gave was a brunch in the 80s. My Mother suggested I make a quiche and sent me her recipe on an index card. Remember when everyone put recipes on index cards? Quiche is French in origin
Back in the day when I lived on a shoestring budget, I prepared a pot roast in the slow cooker several times a month. Chuck roast was so affordable, and I could make it and enjoy several meals from it.
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