My step-son Bryan was coming for a visit and he sent me a picture of a mile-high biscuit from a restaurant in California, commenting about the “best biscuit” he ever ate. To a slightly competitive cook that was basically throwing down the gauntlet! Whenever the kids come home the Chief’s biscuits and gravy are always on the … Read more
Summer weekends and holidays are often times filled with family and friends visiting. Today I am highlighting a few of my favorite breakfast recipes I enjoy making when we have company. I always start with this Praline French Toast. This is a very simple recipe and your family and friends will flip over it. This … Read more
I am having fun taking a look back at some of my favorite and most viewed recipes. If you are a new reader I hope you are enjoying these recipes as well. If you have been with me from the beginning … maybe some of these recipes have become your favorites too! When I was … Read more
Driving into town last week I read this sign in a local church yard. A half truth, a “little white lie”, a twist of truth … is still a whole lie. This has bounced around in my head all through the week, not to mention the many times I drove that road in to town … Read more
Today is Maundy Thursday. It is the Christian holy day, falling on the Thursday before Easter. It commemorates the Maundy and Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles as described in the Canonical gospels. “And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, Behold, we … Read more
Besides being the chief gardener, chief culinary consultant, and chief everything else my sweet husband is also the chief flour grinder. A few years ago we bought a 5 gallon bucket of winter wheat berries. (Yikes, that is a lot of berries!) And so we have ground our own whole wheat flour for some time … Read more