Simple Food. Good Ideas. Great Fun.
My husband has become obsessed with the Korean dish Bulgogi, specifically Bulgogi Sauce. I happened to pick up a large jar of bulgogi sauce on sale at an international market in Atlanta last year. My intention was to just try it and see how it compared to the authentic Korean restaurants’ bulgogi. It turns out […]
Buttermilk Cut Out Cookies are my favorite kind of cut out cookies not only because they hold shapes well, but for their flavor as well. Iced buttermilk cookies can be found in most bakeries in Amish Country Ohio. While they are great for Christmas baking, they are a great year-round cookie as well. Although they […]
Many of the older cookbooks that I have read, from the 1800s, do not have a “cookie” section. However, they do have a “small cakes” section. It turns out that these recipes are for what I call cookies. Inspired by this discovery, I decided to adapt an oatmeal cookie recipe to reflect the flavors of […]
My mom loved peanut brittle. While she really liked eating it, she seemed to get more joy from making it. She seemed to find delight every time the hot mixture would foam after baking soda was added. She also found satisfaction in breaking up the hardened slab into gifting or bite-size pieces. I still find […]
Cherry divinity fudge is indeed an old-fashioned, heavenly candy. While plain divinity is excellent, the addition of candied cherries (or other candied fruit) makes my favorite kind of divinity. I need to clarify that I do not think that divinity is fudge. My mom and grandmother would refer to some divinity as divinity fudge. I […]
A classic, easy dessert that reminds me of lunch at my elementary school. I guess that is probably the first place I ever ate apple crisp. As I was not a fan of pie crusts, apple crisp was my ideal apple dessert. My sister is the person in my family known for making apple crisp. […]
Strawberry Pretzel Salad is a classic, nostalgic dish that can make any meal into a special occasion. It is a dish that can lighten your mood after just one bite. It is also a dish that is much better than the sum of its parts. There is a definite synergy when you take otherwise lackluster […]
Y’all! I can not even describe how much I enjoyed the Char Siu pork that I made the other day. The mixture of sweet and savory hit just the right note for this perfectly cooked pork. Seriously, eating it was euphoric! Unfortunately, my sad picture does not come remotely close to doing the dish justice. […]
My sister sent my daughter links to people making awesome and creative looking filled dumplings. Then, she sent me a link and frequently questioned whether we had made them yet. She knew my daughter loves Asian dumplings, so she decided to have fun by pairing up with her niece to bug me. What she did […]
It has become a family tradition to have pizza once a week, usually on Friday night. Since the stay-at-home orders started, I have been making pizza at home. I must admit that it was a rough start for making my own dough from scratch. My first attempt was fine but too crunchy. My second attempt […]
