In the Southern United States, the tradition of cooking a big pot of greens to go along with black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day stretches back to Colonial Times. Hoppin’ John, a combination of black-eyed peas and rice that originated in South Carolina is a favorite along with crusty cornbread baked in hot cast iron. […]
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I woke up this morning with a craving for latkes. I know it is the first night of Hannukah tonight, and I guess my inner holiday chef is calling the shots. I won’t post a recipe here because I used a boxed mix and improvised out of my freezer, but they are wonderful nevertheless. I
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I am very excited to announce that my newest cookbook, “Mrs. Claus Cooks for Holiday Entertaining” is now available on the Cookbook Cafe at Bakespace.com! It is full of traditional food favorites from around the world, hand picked to make it easy
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Turkey may be the star of the Thanksgiving dinner table, but the side dishes are by far our favorites, and the Dressing vs Stuffing controversy is trotted out every year for everyone to voice an opinion.
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My niece is a very clever woman. She mentioned that she had made some cinnamon maple pumpkin seeds, and that sounded so good, I had to try some for myself. She’s really on to something here! This has been a very pumpkin-intensive month here, and with Halloween night comes a batch of pumpkin seeds out
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This may or may not be my last pumpkin post of the season, but we are experiencing an unexpected pumpkin bounty here, so Pumpkin Salsa seemed like a great idea. I was gifted with this enormous Banana Squash, along with some yellow-fleshed Acorn Squash, creamy yellow-skinned and white-fleshed Summer Squash, and some miniature decorative pumpkins.
April 22nd is Earth day. Consider this astounding piece of history : “The idea came to Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, after witnessing the ravages of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. Inspired by the student anti-war movement, he realized that if he could
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Check out my radio interview with Corbie Mitleid tonight on Empower Radio! We’ll be talking about Spring Cleaning, Inside and Out! Live Broadcast 8-9 PM EST., Thursday February 20th, 2014 Available for podcast immediately after. Be sure to listen to the end for details on how to get Corbie’s Spring Meditation!
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This past weekend I had the pleasure of teaching a couple of classes at Anachrocon, an alternate history/steampunk gathering featuring Tea Dueling, Maker’s Faires, authors, bands, a Car Show, and costumes galore. I was asked to participate in the Etiquette and Indulgence Track, and I had a great time revamping some classes I had done
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