Let’s just say I set off a firestorm of interest yesterday when I shared this photo of my latest attempt at making a PiePaw’s Pie Crust! So I’ve dropped everything else on my Snowbird agenda and I’m writing as fast as my laptop will allow. I found this recipe by accident on Thanksgiving night. Yes, […]
Montgomery Pie – I Need ADVICE From My Amish and Mennonite Friends!
This winter I dragged some of my Mom’s old recipe books along with me to Fort Lauderdale, and today I began to thumb through her old Mennonite Community Cookbook . (That 15th Edition copy was printed in 1971, the year Peepaw and I were married.) I came across a recipe for Montgomery Pie. I had […]
Shepherd’s Pie – It Will Warm You Up From The Inside Out!
My inspiration for dinner for tonight came in a very unusual way. Today we had our HUGE mirrored living room wall replaced. (But THAT Dear Readers, is ANOTHER story!) And when I told one of the great installers I had a pie baking he asked if it was a Shepherd’s pie. I told him no…it […]
Christmas Morning – Carla Hall’s Ham and Gruyere Quiche
Christmas morning 2017 dawned crisp and icy in Indy. (Our little convertible looked more than ready to head South the next day!) But inside we were toasty warm and happy. And after the family opened all of their gifts, they scattered to the far corners of their house. And I was left in the peace […]
A Day Spent With My Foodie Friend…And Our Five Course Autumn Harvest Dinner
A Five Course Autumn Harvest Dinner? No sweat! I simply joined forces with a great “Foodie Friend” to make it happen. And boy…did it happen! Earlier this Autumn I had the privilege of spending a day cooking with Jim in his well equipped kitchen in Kalona, Iowa. (I was like a kid in a candy […]
Fake Crab Salad Quiche – From Disaster To Delicious
We’ve ALL done it. We’ve been talked into a product by someone who knows less about it than WE do!! It happened to me one day when a young chap at the meat counter at the grocery store told me their Imitation Crab Salad was “AWESOME”…! So I bought some. As you can imagine, it […]
Key Lime Pie – This Tropical Treat Is Made In Your Blender!
Key Lime Pie? Oh MY! A special THANK YOU to all of you who stopped by my table at the “Men Who Cook…And A Few Good Women” event held here in Iowa City last Saturday night. It was an honor to be asked to prepare a dish (along with many local chefs and other home cook […]
Trust Me…The BEST Coconut Cream Pie EVER!
Sometimes it pays to listen to Peepaw…especially when it comes to coconut. The other day we were visiting with some of our friends and we decided to get together for a pot luck dinner on the deck…kind of a send-off for one of our snowbird friends who was heading back North. I asked the folks […]
Try My Pizza On the Grill…It’s A Pie To Remember!
PIE comes in many forms, and in honor of National PI(E) Day let’s talk about PIZZA! I don’t know about you, but Sunday night pizza has been a “thing” in our family for years and years. And our winter Sundays spent in Florida are no different. So one Sunday I decided to treat some of […]
Friends and Food…A Perfect Combination
When we’re entertaining friends…I’m in my Happy Place. And there is no better combination than friends and food. This week has been a whirlwind of good food and good friends, so rather than tell you all about it, let me share some photos from the past week! I love to keep things simple when it […]