I love to travel. I’m blessed to get to visit places all over the US for my work. I also travel for pleasure. Each February I make an annual trip to South Florida to visit my Mother. It’s a much needed escape from the frigid temperatures we have here in Central Missouri. So whenever possible […]
For me one of my favorite things about food is its history. Of course I love to cook, feed others, eat and try new things. But I am equally interested in the origins or stories behind food. Sometimes the dish represents a broad culture or region of the world. Sometimes recipes represent a smaller view […]
It was back in the early 1990s that I learned to make this absolutely decadent and delicious Bolognese sauce. This is not your typical Italian American red sauce with meat. In fact it has very little tomato in it. What it does have is amazing depth of flavor that you get from doing things in […]
Over the years I have made a lot of Carnitas. But today I wanted to switch things up and give Beef Barbacoa a try. It’s a very popular dish at the fast casual restaurant, Chipotle. It has also become one of my slow-cooker favorites. Much like chili, carnitas and mole…there are a bunch of different […]
For my latest “Cooking with Friends” project I invited one of my longtime friends over to join me in the kitchen. Lynn wanted to share her recipe for Individual Chicken Pot Pies. She chose this recipe as one of her favorites because it represented “family”. Several years ago when she and her current husband were […]
My regular readers know by now that my favorite dishes are often the ones that have the fewest ingredients. However, those ingredients should be the best that you can find. Tonight’s dish for Easy Pasta Carbonara follows my rule for good food (ingredients), good cooking (fairly simple) that result in good eats! The origin of […]
As a newlywed I received my first Southern Living Cookbook. That was way back in the mid 80s. The cookie and cakes section is well worn. Pages stained by years of sticky fingers. I often go back to this book, yes the real paper version, when I want to recreate some of my holiday favorites. […]
In keeping with my theme for 2019, Cooking with Friends and Family, I recently invited over a few girlfriends for a Pasta Making Pajama Party. None of them had ever made homemade pasta before. So as soon as they arrived I handed them an apron and glass of wine. Two essential tools in my kitchen. […]
Today’s post is unlike any I’ve written before. On this first day of 2019, I’d like to dedicate this entry to my late son, Christopher Masters. It’s been just over three years ago that my son died. But rather than focus on his passing, this entry is a tribute to how Christopher lived and his […]
Thirty-two years ago my husband Alan and I created our first Supper Club. We invited 3 other couples to join us in putting together theme dinner parties. Each of the couples takes turn hosting on a rotating basis. The host couples chooses the theme, prepares the entree and a specialty cocktail. The guests are assigned […]
Today I honor my southern roots by making Buttermilk Biscuits and Sausage Gravy. My mother and her mother-in-law prepared fresh biscuits nearly every day. Sometimes even twice a day. Once for breakfast and once for dinner. As a child we often enjoyed the last biscuit of the day split in two and topped with butter […]
Another day, another chance to bake a different batch of scones. This morning’s recipe is an off shoot of the delicious Lemon Blueberry Scones I made a couple of days ago. I went with the basic recipe, made a few tweaks and added some of my favorite flavors. Happy to say I ended up with […]