"It's all about the recipe!"
Picture is showing Pineapple Pie with no macadamia nuts, a tragedy of immense proportions. Add the macadamia nuts! I didn’t, obviously, and the disappointed faces and heavy sighs all around the table will remind me not to do that again.…
This is my daughter Hannah’s creation from her cook book The Good ‘Witch 🙂 It’s a super yummy veggie option at BBQs, and it’s a hit with a lot of people, not just vegetarians! This particular version looks a bit…
Photo: I forgot the chives, so had to sprinkle a few green onions on top 🙂 The recipe below is for four 5oz salmon steaks. These days though, I cook for one. So I make the Lemon-Ginger-Chive-Butter, using what I…
In England, Australia, New Zealand and my house, Pavlova is a very popular dessert.  I am not sure why it’s not only not popular in the US but it’s not even well known!  Pavlova is a quick, light, impressive, and utterly…
This is a summertime staple around here, and has been for years. A coworker gave me this recipe back in the 1990s, I believe. A decade or so later, I passed the recipe on to a young, emerging cook, and…
This is one of my favorite cheesecakes! It’s showy and special and tastes wonderful. The method for this cheesecake is different from my usual method, but it works like a dream. I’ve never had this cheesecake crack. The only tricky…
Spinach Dip was at every party in the 80s, and the recipe came from the back of the Knorr Vegetable Recipe Mix soup package. The recipe is no longer on the package, but is still featured on the Knorr website.…
The biggest issue with this dish is when to eat it! Is it a dessert? Appetizer? Snack? All three work, but I think the best is a quiet summer afternoon on the porch with a chilled beverage of choice. Tropical…
