Corn Pudding a la Colette

I like to always be thinking about what my Top 10 favorite foods are. I never write them down and the list seems to be consistently in progress and rotating. I ...

SidesVegetarian9 Comments

My #1 Recipe: Luscious, Moist Carrot Cake

This is my Number One. The item that I bring to gatherings with lots of people I don't know. The cake that my husband and friends request for their birthdays. I...

CakesDesserts & Sweets76 Comments

Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

My neighbor stopped up on Friday for a little baby play date and arrived holding a plate of warm muffins. Now that is my kind of neighbor! Three muffins later, ...

Breads & BreakfastVegetarian28 Comments

Easy and Flavorful Chicken Chili

I found out that October is National Chili month. I protest. January should be National Chili Month. Wait, maybe January is too busy being National Hot Tea Mont...

Soups11 Comments

Vasilopita – Greek New Year’s Cake

I have great news! I have secured good luck for 2009. January 1st was my husband's 'Name Day.' In Greece, everyone celebrates the "Name Day" of the saint that b...

CakesDesserts & SweetsGreek Favorites16 Comments

Hark! Basic Chocolate Chip Cookies

Have you noticed the cookie mania lately? We are in the midst of a cookie pandemonium in every magazine, on every radio station, on each and every morning TV ...

CookiesDesserts & Sweets10 Comments

Piggies in Blankets

Sometimes I am reminded just how much I am a down-home midwestern girl at heart. Like when I admit that I love Cream Chipped Beef for lunch. Or, when I make Sp...

Appetizers & Snacks11 Comments

Roasted Pumpkin and Garlic Soup

Each year, those of us that lurk in the kitchen overly much often feel that we must make SOMETHING with pumpkin. Last year, it was this Super Moist Buttermilk P...

Soups14 Comments

Chocolate Peanut Butter Bundt Cake

Let's start the week out with something extra delectable, shall we? A real diet breaker. A get your mind out of the Monday-gutter type of recipe. I love bund...

CakesDesserts & Sweets26 Comments

Banana Macadamia Nut Muffins

Although I believe this basic banana bread recipe cannot be improved upon, I was aching to do something a little new with my overripe fruit this time. Banana B...

Breads & Breakfast13 Comments

Enid’s Grilled Tandoori Chicken & Valuable Help Column Advice

This recipe comes from a yellowed newspaper clipping in my recipe binder that must be at least 10 years old. I don't make it that often, but when I do, I feel p...

Main Dish4 Comments

Roasted Kale with Olive Oil and Sea Salt

Kale is a x-men like, shape-shifting, healthy-as-popeye's-spinach vegetable. I have spoken a bit about my inability to cook greens well. There was of course my ...

Sides20 Comments