I’m more cook than baker (cooking is way less exact!), however I bake these intensely flavored, crisp cookies from Martha Stewart on repeat when the weather gets cold. They have three kinds of ginger—fresh, crystallized and ground. And they are easy to do, especially when using a small scoop from The Cook Store. Triple Ginger … Continue reading Sweet Treats
Here's what I shared this month on Good Day Alabama on WBRC Fox 6. An award-winning memoir about a young Native American woman to mark Native American History Month, one of my favorite recent reads and a cookbook I'll use to navigate Thanksgiving. Whiskey Tender: A Memoir by Deborah Taffa This Native memoir has racked up … Continue reading Gather Together with Great Books
Beautiful Rainbow Café is an eatery like no other. It’s located inside the Gadsden Public Library where it is beloved for its delicious and wholesome, made-from-scratch vegetarian dishes served in a bright, airy, inclusive space decorated with big, colorful murals. It is gourmet garden-to-table with its own organic garden in Underwood Park right across … Continue reading Feeding Body and Spirit
My family gave me a wealth of tinned fish for Christmas. (They know what I love!) The colorful boxes--especially the ones from the woman-founded and -led Fishwife Tinned Seafood Co.--make me really happy. Also, tinned fish is just the easiest, fastest, most flavorful protein imaginable. It's been very cold and icy here lately so I … Continue reading Dinner at My House (tinned fish edition)
I'm not usually one for New Year's resolutions, but I do love new experiences. So my goal for 2023: one new-to-me experience each week all year! This goal is wide open. New foods to cook (and eat), new authors to read, new food trucks and restaurants to try, new movies to watch, new cities to … Continue reading A Year of Newness: One Week at a Time
It's a new year, so I thought I'd start it right by cooking something new. Maybe get outside my comfort zone but with comfort food. I am not a baker; I'm a pretty good cook, though. And Melissa Clark's recipe in New York Times Cooking for a Dutch Baby with Bacon and Runny Camembert sounded … Continue reading Delicious Dutch Baby
We’ve been making Paper Planes this summer after we enjoyed them at Desert Bistro in Moab while on a hiking vacation in Utah. We even went to a local liquor store there to get the Utah amaro they used—Toadstool Notom Amaro No. 1 from Waterpocket Distillery. #greatsouvenir This light, fresh, summer-ready bourbon cocktail is a … Continue reading Ready for Takeoff
What to do with our beautiful abundance of farm-fresh peppers and tomatoes? Add some potatoes and fragrant green curry broth to them. Then put an egg on it. After doing the fantastically easy drive-thru farmers' market at Pepper Place, I was looking to make something special with my plump, beautiful cherry tomatoes from Penton Farms … Continue reading Farm Market Easy Dinner
Jamie Oliver's Sticky Onion Tart is a real treat. My friend Beth Wilder made it recently and shared a picture that made my mouth water. So I found the recipe and decided to make it myself. It calls for things you probably already have on hand: onions, garlic, thyme, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar. I … Continue reading Sticky Onion Tart. You’re gonna want to make this.
Here's something you can bake that will be very satisfying (on so many levels) ... even if you are not a baker. It's No-Knead Bread. It requires very special equipment, few ingredients, no kneading and not much baking experience. Really, time is the only big factor here. It takes 24 hours to make this bread, but … Continue reading Baking Bread
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