Peanut Soup
I loved peanuts growing up: peanut butter, boiled peanuts, Payday candy bars, salted peanuts in my Coke. It was not until I was an adult, however, that I tried Peanut Soup. It is popular in the American South – particularly […]
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Duchess Potatoes
Duchess Potatoes are an elegant side dish that adds panache to any meal and wows guests. They are a classic French side dish and first appeared in cookbooks in the mid-1770s. The origin of the name is uncertain but what
Fire Roasted Tomato Soup
During the Summer, I start thinking and planning and craving soups to make during the chilly weather from Fall through Winter. It is also the time I look forward to my sister’s Vegetable Soup and her Tortellini Soup. We are
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Chopin’s Pimento Cheese
I loved pimento cheese growing up and I love it today. I do not remember my mother making it – though I am sure she did at some point – but I remember having a container of Mrs. Kinsey’s pimento
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Pasta Bolognese
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
Welsh Rarebit
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
Blueberry Coffee Cake
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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Sausage and Croissants
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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