Here's the family rum cake recipe. I got it from Lily Gaddis in Hawaii. Rum Cake 1 cup chopped nuts (optional) 1 package yellow cake mi...

Broa is a Portuguese yeast cornbread. I've eaten it in the Azores and made it a few times from Jean Anderson's The Food of Portugal...

I love to cook and I love polenta, but I don't have the patience to stand and stir for 30 minutes. I have tried this crockpot version s...

Our friend Leila brought these delicious pecans to our Christmas hike and picnic, and then brought us some more the next day. Even better, ...

We gave Andy and his family some dried herbs from our garden for Christmas. He coated a chicken with them, refrigerated for 24 hours, and th...

Anasazi beans, chopped green chile, oregano, cheese, green onions.

I needed to use some problematic okra from the garden--some was old and pretty tough, and some was young and tender, and there wasn't ...

Our seven-week camper trip to Canada and Alaska has left me with some wonderful food memories. Anchorage has many excellent restaur...

This is my favorite bean salad. It's vegan, it's served at room temperature so it's great for a potluck, and it's pretty. ...

I know we've both posted about frittata, but this one is a little different for me. I saw it in Parade magazine in last Sunday's p...

We stayed at Percha Dam State Park along the Rio Grande River in southern New Mexico again last week. Last October when we visited there, t...

See our zucchini plant? It's nearly ready to bloom. I used a couple of larger yellow squashes last night to make a dish by Viana La Pla...

Mary Ellen loved this last night, so I am posting the recipe for her. Cube some red or Yukon Gold potatoes , cover with water, and boil for ...

Back in January I posted about curing the olives from our backyard tree. It took a long time, maybe about two months total, but they were ...

I didn't do anything very fancy with this. I just boiled the corned beef, cooked the carrots and potatoes separately, and added the ca...