Archive | July, 2009

Chunky Potato Salad for Quick and Easy Summer Entertaining

Tweet A salad buffet makes a terrific summer dinner for effortless entertaining. This Chunky Potato Salad Recipe helps round out a cold buffet. It’s always nice being able to visit with your guests instead of working in a hot kitchen putting finishing touches on the meal. Planning a cold buffet lets you do any of [...]

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Geoff’s Cherry Walnut Bread Pudding With Dark Rum Sauce

Tweet Geoff (husband, webmaster and amazing cook) developed this bread pudding recipe for a dinner party we had recently. The addition of walnuts and dried cherries gave a different flavor and texture over a traditional bread pudding. But, it was the amazing rum sauce that added a tropical twist to the recipe. Our guests certainly [...]

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How to Make Your Own Baked Beans

Tweet Over the years I have made many batches of baked beans from many different recipes. But, no single recipe satisfied my expectations. So, that lead me to develop my own recipe for Baked Beans. I like to collect recipes from all over the world, so some of those recipes are expressed in imperial measurements [...]

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How to Make the BEST Pastry EVER!

Tweet It’s a bold statement, I know, but it’s absolutely true. Making this pastry is not for the squeamish. You simply MUST use lard or you will not get the results you want. That’s right – lard – yes, I know – cholesterol! But, hey, pastry is not diet friendly anyway, so, if you’re going [...]

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