Let’s Chat

Grab a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and join the conversation! This is a place for food chat of any kind – relating to the month’s featured topic, mistakes, successes, recommendations, time-saving techniques or tools. Submit your favorite recipe, let me know how you changed one of mine or simply add your comment(s) to the conversation!

Grilling Cheeses!

Oh what a friend we have in cheeses whether sliced, cubed, melted over pretty much anything or a bubbling appetizer! However, some stand out from the crowd… [more]

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Sliders

Sliders are a small burger and are perfect for entertaining! Because they are small several can be served for your guests to sample. I have featured 4 different version for you… [more]

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Hefeweizen Wheat Style Brews

Hefeweizen (pronounced hef-a-vise-en) is a wheat-style beer that I love! Generally served with lemon wedges, Hefeweizen beer is a perfect beverage to pair with Spring and… [more]

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Spring Dishes!

Spring is in the air and a vast variety of foods are now becoming available depending on what part of the country you live in. … [more]

Posted in Featured, Let's Chat | Tagged artichokes, asparag, chive blossoms, fiddleheads, leeks, pasta, pea shoots, peas, rhubarb, soft shell crabs, strawberries | Leave a comment

Meal Salads

Meal salads are great for dinners or a luncheon and are easy to make! Most of the ones I am featuring use a bottled dressing… [more]

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Mother’s Day Brunch

Creating a special meal for Mom is a true gift from the heart. I have put together one that is not only special, but easy… [more]

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Maxine Paulson

My mother, Maxine, known as Maggie, was an inspiration and defined the meaning of a great cook and baker. Maggie used fresh ingredients from the… [more]

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