With just a couple of days until Christmas and currently being in the middle of Chanukkah celebrations, I thought perhaps you could use a simple but delicious party dessert. “Banoffee” is an English contraction of Bananas & Toffee, a combination of flavors and ingredients commonly enjoyed together in England. The inspiration for this shows how one recipe or idea can … Read More
The Well-Equipped Kitchen
I’ve enjoyed cooking as far back as I can remember. One of my earliest memories was that of standing on a small step-stool at the kitchen sink after church on Sunday afternoon. While mom was busy finishing up Sunday dinner I was occupying myself with the lettuce core, cucumber trimmings, carrot peels, and any other vegetable scraps mom may have … Read More
Thanksgiving Dinner with Better Mornings Atlanta
While you wouldn’t know it by looking at the retail stores already decked out for Christmas, Thanksgiving is just over a week away! Chances are that your menu is molded by tradition or expectation….whether it’s the fond memories of grandma’s stuffing, or the dread of aunt Tillie’s JELLO mold of lemon gelatin with shredded cabbage, sliced green olives, and crushed … Read More
Roasted Mini Pumpkins filled with Corn Pudding
As I’ve previously mentioned, the mini pumpkins that are usually available this time of year are great for not only decorating the Thanksgiving table, but also for eating such as the recipe for meatloaf that I’ve done in the past, or this one for a side item perfectly suited to gracing the Thanksgiving table. I’ve been doing these in my … Read More
Spinach & Roasted Pumpkin Salad
This salad showcases some of the many flavors that are abundant this time of year. Not only are the colors of outdoor foliage bright and beautiful, but so are the colors of produce such as pomegranates, pumpkins, figs, pomegranates and the other luscious prizes of the fall harvest. Adding some cooked chicken either poached or from a rotisserie bird purchased … Read More
I believe in the Magic of Macy’s!– (and Cranberry Cornmeal Upside Down Cake)
This weekend I was excited and honored to have been asked to be the featured Guest Chef for a “Holiday Entertaining” culinary special event at the Macy’s at Oglethorpe Mall here in Savannah, GA. I received the invite and request back in late August and it never occurred to any of us at the time that the Savannah Rock’n’Roll Marathon … Read More
Muscadine Grapes in Port Wine Syrup
Each fall here in the southeast you’ll find cartons of giant purple grapes with a very thick skin called Muscadines. They are part of the family of “slip-skin” grapes, as are their green-gold cousins the Scuppernong, and Concord grapes from the northeast. “Slip-skin means” that the flesh can be easily popped out of the skins by squeezing the side of … Read More
The Great Pumpkin
As the days shorten and grow cooler, the autumn months are one of my favorite. Perhaps it’s the respite from the heat of summer, the new season of vegetables and cooler weather that inspire “comfort cooking”, or a combination of both. For some people I think it’s the “routine” that we often fall into this time of year. That annual … Read More
Cooking with Wine
What kind of wine should I use when I’m cooking? As Julie Andrews once sang: “Let’s start at the very beginning…” : Do not use “cooking wine”. Look next to the vinegars in any grocery store and you’ll find an array of bottles labeled “white cooking wine”, “Cooking Sherry”, “Cooking Marsala”, etc. The reason they are not sold in the … Read More
Green Tomato Pie
Traditionally this time of year the gardens are either winding down from summer crops or bearing their bounty with fall vegetables like pumpkins, winter squash and other fall produce. Soon northern areas will be getting their first frosts and tomatoes that haven’t had time to ripen will be lost…or not. Thanks to the popular movie by the same name, most … Read More