by Brian | Dec 13, 2019 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
At your supermarket checkout counter, you may see periodicals labeled Bake From Scratch. Here’s their holiday cookie issue, one that will be available for sale ONLY through December 23. Get it. It’s filled with wonderful cookie recipes. Like this sandwich...
by Brian | Dec 12, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
I first posted this recipe four years ago, and it is one Suzen and I have enjoyed on a regular basis ever since. For your holiday table, sweet potatoes just have to appear somehow, someway. This is The Way. And if you have yet to settle on a sweet potato recipe then...
by Brian | Dec 11, 2019 | Recipes
This is a recipe from Betty Rosbottom’s American Favorites, a glorious book I have review for TBT. Betty’s mom was true Southern cook. She made pork chops, actually smothered pork chops. Her mom buried the chops in onions and Betty has “modernized” the recipe by...
by Brian | Dec 10, 2019 | Recipes
I think I tried eating a date when I was ten or eleven. I did not like it. Sixty years later, I’m changing my mind. Suzi and I needed to bring a “lite” appetizer to a holiday party. We knew they were serving steak, so we needed something with a touch of sweetness and...
by Brian | Dec 5, 2019 | Dessert Digest, Recipes, TBT
Who says that cupcakes cannot be dessert? That you have to have a full cake? From 2012, here’s a post that shows cupcakes can be quite meaningful. And take a bit of work, too! Did I actually make those gorgeous cupcakes above? And the decorations? Well, of...
by Brian | Dec 4, 2019 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Author Tatyana Nesteruk describes this cake is divine. Her cookbook, The European Cake Cookbook, is totally divine. This recipe is not for diabetics. Well, maybe, a small piece. Or two of them. A honey sponge cake is dotted with pecan pieces and then topped...
