Did I get your attention with the words "homemade caramel candy"?  And did I lose your attention with the wor

Feel free to substitute the raisins for chocolate chips, the butter for shortening, the pumpkin puree for appl

Calling all fans of treats that are tart and sweet!  This prickly pear jelly is not only eye-candy, it's tas

This serves 4 as a main dish or 6 as a side. Omit chicken or add steamed veggies if desired.

This pasta is even tastier the next day. You can also prepare the sauce the day before to allow the flavors to

Chamoy sauce will last for up to a month in the refrigerator.

This world hurts my heart lately.  It's enough to want to shut down and hide, but I refuse, damn it. I recent

Pudding cakes will sink a little once they have baked.

Purchase cucumber vodka or save money by infusing your own! Allow vodka to infuse at least 1 week.

Lavender simple syrup can be used to flavor cocktails, teas and even lemonade. Whisk syrup into cake glazes or

What's the best thing about a bed and breakfast?  Why, the breakfast, of course!  Earlier this week, I gave

Feel free to make this dish as hot or as mild as desired by adding more of less sriracha or red pepper flakes.

Girl Scout Lemonades. You know what I'm talking about: those buttery, lemony confections that are like the cra

What's more spicy than a bowl of Thai red curry? Brody's love life. It's apparently mating season because my s

Makes 2 dozen 2" cookies

Dough will be very crumbly. For best results, rolled and cut thick. A "scant cup" is a leveled cup m

It's the week of Christmas which means you probably have all the time in the world to make a show-stopping des

Just a heads up that the dough will be very crumbly once the flour is mixed in.

Come December, I am a gingerbread fiend.  So fiendish, in fact, that I bite men's heads clean off!  Gingerbr

Choose 6 ounces of chocolate for a normal chocolate pie and 8 ounces for a chocolate-lover's pie.

Over the weekend, my nose got cold, and now it will stay cold until April. That's right, folks, it FINALLY fee

I usually prepare a half recipe of icing to cut the sweetness. Bars are also delicious without icing. Icing al

It's not quite sweatuh weathuh yet, but I'm at least declaring it dinnuh weathuh.  Since we don't have A/C, w

Since nature believes that you can never have enough squash (I mean, look at how much fruit those plants produ

Feel free to be creative on the veggie combos.

Though this recipe is easy, make sure to give yourself plenty of time to prepare it.

I remove all fat from my chicken carcasses before freezing though I like to save save some skin because it add

Feel free to substitute the roast chicken with cooked, crumbled sausage or skip the meat altogether.

Have you ever been nose-deep in a Harry Potter book and wondered what Pumpkin Juice tasted like? In preparatio

Makes a heaping 2 cups. Keeps in refrigerator for one month or freezer for 3 months.

When an Italian from Cordignano gives your her recipe for authentic tiramisu, why bother using any other tiram

I whipped up a batch of this homemade spiced chai yesterday afternoon and slowly sipped it while watching Down

Does anyone else watch the Super Bowl purely for the excuse to gather with friends and eat naughty, delicious

Did you agree to bring a dish to a New Year's Eve party, but have no idea what to make? Why not surprise your

Here is a crude drawing of what my plate looks like on Thanksgiving: Homemade fresh cranberry sauce is really

Allow 2 weeks for the lemons to cure in the salt.