Black Beans with Garlic and Chipotle on a TLC Book Tour for Resurrecting Rain

Resurrecting Rain by Patricia Averbach is partially set in Santa Fe. This novel gave me a great excuse to pull out my Santa Fe School of Cooking Cookbook and find an authentic recipe that could have been served up in the novel. . . . → Read More: Black Beans with Garlic and Chipotle on a TLC Book Tour for Resurrecting Rain

Maple-Banana Muffins and The Ingredients of You and Me for TLC

Nina Bocci’s latest novel includes some heirloom recipes for Cucidati (Italian Fig Cookies), Apfelkuchen (German Apple Cake), Hummingbird Cake, Italian Wedding Cookies (anise cookies), and Ciambelone (Italian tea cakes). Please join me for my TLC review. . . . → Read More: Maple-Banana Muffins and The Ingredients of You and Me for TLC

Live-Longer Granola

I recently reviewed The Blue Zones Kitchen and have really been using this cookbook since. It’s been hard lately cooking from a cookbook because I am not running to the store for needed ingredients. If we don’t have it, we make something else (or totally revamp the original recipe).

Having recently eaten the last of . . . → Read More: Live-Longer Granola

French Bread (and an essential outing)

After a successful hunt for bread flour, I found this recipe in an old cookbook passed on to me by my grandmother. Here’s a comforting (and easy) recipe (and another Cookbook of the Week post). . . . → Read More: French Bread (and an essential outing)

Food ‘n Flix, The Biggest Little Farm, and a Chickpea Salad

The Biggest Little Farm features a 200 acre money pit that Molly and John turn into a flourishing, biodynamic Eden. Join me for a review of this 2018 documentary as well as one of Molly’s recipes. . . . → Read More: Food ‘n Flix, The Biggest Little Farm, and a Chickpea Salad

Blackberry Cobbler in a Skillet

Here’s a very versatile and easy cobbler recipe that works with most any fruit. It’s my latest Cookbook of the Week installment. . . . → Read More: Blackberry Cobbler in a Skillet

Grapefruit Breakfast Cake (and more)

While we clean out the freezer and pantry during our “safer at home” existence, I am coming up with some new recipes. . . . → Read More: Grapefruit Breakfast Cake (and more)

Flatbread Pizza with Grilled Chicken and Peanuts

Here’s a recipe I made in early March and another Cookbook of the Week feature. Hope you enjoy! . . . → Read More: Flatbread Pizza with Grilled Chicken and Peanuts

Pumpkin-Apple Donuts and Sleepy Hollow

After a one month hiatus from Food ‘n Flix, I’m back for the Tim Burton extravaganza! Here’s some donuts, perfect for noshing on while you watch Burton’s quirky tales. . . . → Read More: Pumpkin-Apple Donuts and Sleepy Hollow

Carrot Salad with Olives

One more Cookbook of the Week post. I seem to be on a roll! This is a keeper of a salad. . . . → Read More: Carrot Salad with Olives