You can buy egg-poaching pans at kitchen stores, but poached eggs are easy to make in a pot of water, so today I’ll show you how. You can make quite a fancy dinner with poached eggs and you don’t have...

I was reading the Clemson University information on peaches and learned quite a bit, most importantly that my sole peach tree in the backyard does not need a mate. Peach trees are self-fertile and...

If you like using a lot of those little jars off your spice rack, you’re going to love making your own breakfast sausage. In the picture I put the spices in piles so you can see them, but sprinkle...

Why am I making sweet potato casserole when it’s not Thanksgiving? Because we can have it year ‘round – especially in the winter when our local sweet potatoes are still in cold storage. The first time...

Happy St. Patrick’s Day if you happen to celebrate, although I hope it’s not with anything that has green dye in it – I think I’ve covered food colors well enough by now. Here is a twist on deviled...

I found the Clean Plates Cookbook that I told you about last Tuesday, and slightly modified their recipe for Kitchen Sink Almond Butter Snack Bars. They’re using that name because you can use any...

Although I don’t have the slightest fraction of Irish blood in me, Tony has a history of getting Irish soda bread at Radford’s Bakery (long since closed) in Aspen Hill, MD. With St. Patrick’s Day...

We’ve had a rough week here, passing a bug around, so it’s a resounding TGIF where we look forward to staying home and recovering over the weekend. It sure is beautiful, though, to see spring...

Here’s a basic recipe for simple, professional-looking scones and you can add any dry ingredients you want to jazz up the flavor. I modified the idea from the March Eating Well (pg. 94). You can see...

It’s almost spring! At least close enough to start thinking about getting seeds started for the garden. I was reading the back of a pack of cauliflower seeds at the market and they said to start...

It only takes a few minutes to make a special syrup that will give your pancakes or waffles an attractive appearance and much improved flavor. After I run out of the berries I froze in the fall, I...

One time I was in the gourmet foods aisle at Marshalls, or maybe it was Home Goods, and I found a package of naturally colored Italian pasta shells. The pasta is colored with things like paprika and...