But I wanted cookies. Actually, I wanted a way to use up the homemade caramel sauce in the fridge that was relentlessly seducing me like...

Man, I can stuff a lot of sausage! We were having a fundraiser here at my little farm in the city and needed mountains of brats. Being...

Fresh Maraschino Cherries! When I was a kid, maraschino cherries were the ultimate treat. My hippie do-goody parents never let me have...

If you know, or even read, me at all, you know that I love me some animal products. Especially the fatty bits. But  bringing dessert to a...

I don’t know where I got this recipe, but I’ve been using it for years, with some variations here and there. I generally use my...

If food is the way into someone’s soul, then cassoulet is like a secret shortcut.  It is solid, filling, warm, comforting, interesting...

I love lard. I love everything about lard. It is my sacred secret for everything from perfect pie to insanely soft skin. Someone once...

Today is the 90th anniversary of the 19th amendment, the one that gave women the right to vote. While it seems utterly bizarre to me that...

I always think of Steve Martin in the opening of The Jerk, when I tell people I make my own condiments at home. I want to adopt his funny...

NOTE: The recipe is at the end of the story – you can scroll down and cut to the pie if you want… When I was 20 or 21 (or some such age...

I don’t make fried chicken all that often, despite the begging and pleading of my daughter who is pretty well convinced that we should...

When a Saturday morning brunch with friends is also a work meeting, it calls for some extra yummy sugar to make the work go down....

For those of you following along with my attempt to make a sort of oat/ fruit / nut / power bar type of thing, I think I’ve done it. The...

When the going gets tough, this tough chick gets cooking. Yesterday it was Pumpkin Gingerbread (with an optional buttercream frosting...