Bacon The best way to make bacon? Roast it. There is no doubt. Roasting is my favorite way to cook just about everything so it came as no surprise to me to recently discover just how good roasting works for bacon. Even cooking, no curling, no grease spatters on the counter. How bad can that […]

Look at what has come out of the closet! The waffle iron! This is our Villaware standard waffle maker. Its gorgeous and probably not unlike many of your waffle irons, it would be sitting unused had it not been for the recent discovery of a certain blog: Waffleizer. Kotlet Meat Patties   I have always […]

To be quite truthful, I didn’t start life as a hard boiled egg fan. In fact, as a child just the smell of an egg salad sandwich would make me wretch. But things change. We now have an African-American President, Chastity Bono is now a man, and hard boiled eggs –if done with a sense […]

Before I jump in to what we ate for Easter Brunch I want to say that I’ve seen some pretty amazing breakfasts and Easter displays on Facebook today! I have some pretty talented and creative friends to be sure. Our family tradition is not quite so grand. So check out my favorite Easter display. It […]

While we are on the subject of leftovers (and we were just yesterday), we should now consider the omelet. I’ve been considering it for a few days now ever since I made this tasty version a couple days ago. We still had a kitchen full of leftovers after our party but nothing special to eat […]

‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving and nothing is stirring in my kitchen! Time to make some spiced fig jam! This year it is my little brother’s turn having the honor of cooking dinner and he is not letting anyone bring anything! I’m certainly good with that! While others have been preparing all week, I’ve been […]

I don’t really know why the memory of my grandmother’s Pepper Jelly popped into my head a month or so. Just about every year she would make several batches of both the red and the green versions. She’d can them using the old style paraffin wax method of canning which I’ve never trusted but which […]

Another new item in the box this week: The French Breakfast Radish. How did I know that you might ask? My friend Cindy blogged about them not that long ago and how she had made Bon Appetit‘s Green Bean Salad with Radishes and Prosciutto. I will definitely be making this before the weekend! I don’t […]

Tonight is CSA Basket Eve and there were a LOT of tomatoes, basil. mushrooms and other assorted veggies in the crisper that didn’t get used this week. Tomorrow another CSA box will be delivered so I had to do something. With the house to myself for a few hours the evening was all clear to […]