Do you share recipes with your friends? We do and that makes the food taste even better. When I want spaghetti and meatballs, I turn to my friend Roxanne, for hers are the best. Even better, is the story she shares about her favorite recipe and the childhood memories it conjures up when she talks about this dish. [Read more…]
I love maple syrup. Yes, I love it drizzled over pancakes and waffles—but I also love baking breads, muffins and cakes with it and glazing carrots, squash and ham with it. This time of year, when baking and roasting take over the kitchen, maple seems to be a natural for me. And, I do mean natural, for I am talking about the real deal—not the pseudo syrup. [Read more…]
Every food has a story. It is a story of family and friends who gather in love, and the story etches a connection that transcends miles and generations. Remember the earliest family dinner you can—hidden way back in your memory and you will discover you can almost taste it. Can you smell the meat roasting or the cake baking? For me, I can almost taste the syrupy (no runny) golden peach preserves that dripped off my grandma’s biscuits and I can still smell the pot roast that my mom made nearly every Sunday. [Read more…]
It is chili season. No doubt about it. Just this last weekend, while in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, at my family—the Ensminger family –reunion, we enjoyed chili while the wind howled and snow accumulated on the slopes. [Read more…]
My mother and grandmother made all things apple. Pans of applesauce simmered while apple pie, Dutch apple cake and applesauce cake baked. The fall just isn’t fall for me unless there are apples cooking and the kitchen is filled with the aromas of cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. [Read more…]
