My dad and I have a lot in common. We are both Mets fans, we are both Hoyas, and we both love a good Jimmy Bu

There's nothing I like better than a good old-fashioned Sunday dinner of roasted chicken with dressing. But s

One of the things I love about this blog is that I get so many suggestions for different things folks would li

Still ruminating about what to make your mom for Mother's Day dessert? I'm happy to tell you that you still h

Welcome to the latest in my "no, I'm not going to take the easy road and just make banana muffins out of those

It's the most wonderful time of the year! And by that I mean the time of year when winter is finally really,

I started my serious relationship with cauliflower back a few years ago when the Southern husband and I decide

I am usually very, shall we say, inflexible about my weekly menus. The Southern husband and I decide on our s

There are a few recipes in my collection that are near and dear to my heart not only because they taste so dan

A couple of weeks ago, my parents went to the Reading Terminal Market. I've never been there, but it's on my

I know I may be in the serious minority here, but I like setting the clocks ahead an hour in the spring. I kno

I don't know about you, but chicken finds its way onto my menu every single week, and sometimes more than once

Okay, I can hear you right how - why, why, why would you take a perfectly innocent cheeseburger and steam the

It's Saint Patrick's Day! And I've had such fun this week sharing my favorite traditional (and not so traditi

Saint Patrick's Day is only a few short days away, and while I know corned beef and cabbage is going to be on

I seem to be doing an awful lot lately of a thing I always said I would never do on this here blog, which is w

Oh my goodness, this cheese. This is a heavenly soft and spreadable concoction of cheddar cheese, beer and a

I'm currently in the midst of a love affair with leeks. If you haven't fallen head over heels for them like I

Millions of years ago when the Southern husband and I were young and crazy, we tended to go out a lot more tha

Okay, fair warning...these are most definitely an Irish girl's definition of a cheese enchilada. They include

Here's another in my series of cookies that are not the prettiest cookies on the block, but pack a sweet and p

Can we discuss desert island meals for a minute? If I was stranded on a desert island with a limited menu, he

Now don't get me wrong - I adore the traditional meatball. I like them in soup, I like them with spaghetti, I

I don't know any bad day that can't be made at least a little bit better with a crunchy, buttery, creamy egg i

If there is one thing I love for Sunday dinner, it's oven-roasted chicken with lots of veggies. And if there

Well, the holidays are behind us, but never fear...a season that is almost as good is on its way. I'm talking

Yes, I know...at first glance it looks like a plate of pasta with tomato sauce. But I promise you, this is so

I have a good excuse for this one. The Southern Daughter and her merry band of friends have just left to go b

I love Sunday evening supper. I usually make something that needs to cook slowly and lovingly, something that

Meat loaf, meat meat loaf. We don't have it a lot around our house, because these days it's just the two of u

Oh, this chicken dinner. It's somewhere in between a stew and a soup...it's thicker than a soup for sure, and

Oh, do I love a good cheeseburger! The Southern husband and I are always, always, always on the hunt for the

It's peppermint season! I love peppermint all year round, so this time of year (when we are pretty much requi

Oh, 'tis the season! Finding how much wrapping paper is left over from last year, looking for parking spots a

Usually when you run across recipes that are labeled "shortcut" or "speedy" or "quick" they are almost as good

In my house, where there lives one Southern husband, one South Carolina-born hound dog and (when she is home f