I received an email feed from Smitten Kitchen the other day with something utterly delectable… a photo of food that instantaneously caused your mouth to salivate in anticipation of taking a bite of something that is on the other side of the country. Cruelty, plain and simple. What was this photograph? Bourbon Peach Hand Pies. [...]

I made this for the group on our recent camping trip, and it was a HUGE hit!  It is basically my great-grandmother’s cobbler recipe, but modified for cooking in a dutch oven.  Because of the nature of a dutch oven, you don’t need to prepare the fruit to be like pie filling – saving a [...]

Yes, it really is as good as it sounds! 1 angel food cake 1 pint strawberries 1-1/2 cups milk 1/2 cup heavy cream 1/4 cup butter 3 eggs 2/3 cups sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla cinnamon nutmeg cardamom preheat oven to 350F In a saucepan, heat the milk & cream until it just gets a film [...]

My honey was making us a tasty treat for dinner tonight – pork carnitas – and I was looking for a tasty little something to put alongside them. I came across a fabulous food blog called Homesick Texan, which offered up an amazing sopapilla recipe… http://homesicktexan.blogspot.com/2007/01/sopapillas-with-side-of-honey.html the picture just doesn’t do it justice… they are [...]

Ingredients: 1/2 cup strawberries, sliced 1/2 cup fresh raspberries 1/2 cup blueberries 1/4 cup raspberry liqueur 1 (8oz) container of mascarpone cheese 1 cup heavy whipping cream 1/3 cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Instructions: In a bowl mix the strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and liqueur together. Refrigerate for approximately 20 minutes. In another [...]

1 bag fresh cranberries 2 granny smith apples 2 Gala apples 2 pints raspberries 1 large can mandarin oranges – drained 1 pomegranate 1/2 cup sugar Wash and sort the cranberries to remove all bad ones. Put them in a food processor and pulse until they are chopped finely. Pour them into a large bowl. [...]