Black-eyed peas brought us a fair amount of luck in 2011. These ‘magic’ beans just appeared in our garden this year; and as coincidence would have it, this season we had the most bountiful garden in our gardening history! While our home-grown supply of black-eyed peas has long since been turned into salads, soups and …
One of my favorite baking challenges is to thumb through my collection of community cookbooks until I find a recipe I’ve never before seen or tasted. There are never descriptive photographs in these books. Upping the ante even more, all ingredient lists and instructions are of course written in the home cook’s (often less-than-complete) hand …
I had all intentions of making these into bars to put on the holiday cookie tray but alas, the popcorn, peanut butter, peanut, dried fruit and honey mixture didn’t quite gel thus resembling more of a Cracker Jack like product. Which still resulted in a very delicious snack and pretty enough for packing in …