Toss 3/4 lb pecan halves in 1/4 C maple syrup ( Read more... )

Adapted from Rachael Ray's Italian Mac and Cheese - to make it gluten-free, lower the fat content, and to increase the amount of vegetables involved ( Read more... )

Dinner tonight was ( Read more... )

one pound of bacon - good stuff, the thick-cut proper smoked kind ( Read more... )

5 lbs yukon gold potatoes ( Read more... )

2.5 lbs beef chuck roast ( Read more... )

It got cold. I made soup ( Read more... )

I don't know that I can properly call it barbecue without calling up the anger of the purists, since it's done in the slow cooker, ala kitiara. We've now made this two weekends in a row. The one and only down side is that the whole house smells like Hot Vinegar afterwards ( Read more... )

Inspired by Book of Yum's experimentation with Chebe as the pastry for turnovers, I have a Chebe calzone in the oven right now ( Read more... )

My mother's mother made this killer sauce, called 'jezebel sauce'. It worked on ham, turkey, pork loin, everything. The problem with the sauce is that it made about a quart of sauce, when you really needed a cup, and some of the ingredients were tricky to find. It was pineapple preserves, apple jelly, grated horseradish, and a canister of dry ( Read more... )