The family cookbook began when my Dad died, over 20 years ago. As part of my grieving for him I began to gather old family recipes and to...

Today's bake is for Sweetie. He has been such a staunch supporter as I have worked on the puzzle of what to eat and drink and what t...

There is nothing quite like the taste of a fresh, crisp, very tart cranberry. I hear they grow in bogs in New England, but I find them ev...

We are finally getting some autumn rain, which is a true blessing considering that we have been short on rain for at least four years now...

When I went to a local farm market this week they had the most beautiful delicata squash, so I bought a couple. I grew them year before l...

Since this is a blog mostly about food, hunger is a likely topic. Have you ever been hungry and not had the resources to feed yourself or...

It's always fun to have kids around for pumpkin carving. I grew some small sugar pie pumpkins which I plan to bake with, and I bough...

Sometimes you need a salad recipe that will be easy to assemble somewhere other than your kitchen, one that is a main dish salad, one tha...

The Cake Slice Bakers have been baking for the last 12 months from The Southern Cake Book by Southern Living. Think lots of pecans, brown...

Although I have at least one post to put up between now and then, very soon, on Oct. 22nd, I will have completed nine years of blogging....

Over the course of a number of recent years I've baked a lot of different breads, but our Kitchen of the Month, Karen of Karen's ...

One of the foods I miss is pizza. Crisp yeasty crust, intense tomato flavor in the sauce, gooey melty cheese on top are all favorites. A ...