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My cousin, a friend and follower, recently asked my top ten kitchen tools. She has a smaller kitchen in her Florida home and space is a...

A few times a year my wife and I donate a wine dinner in our home to a local charity...

These tacos are truly life changing.

Here is a simple two recipe granita we used with just two ingredients, fresh squeezed orange juice and a bit of sugar.

Gratin Dauphinois sounds like a mouthful to say, but it is an amazing mouthful that is for sure.

Like a kid that won't eat steak without ketchup I won't really eat asparagus without hollandaise. So what is it?

It is so wonderful and can be made early in the morning, refrigerated and then popped back into the Instant Pot for an amazing dinner.

Making your own pasta is not hard. I promise!

The creamy rich custard and sugared crust was something so special because I didn't think I could make it. Oh, how wrong I was!

Few things are as ingrained in the Southern consciousness as Bar-B-Que!

One of our family favorite weeknight meals is one of the most simple of English fare.

The kids would grab a piece and hang over her porch letting the crumbs fall onto the ground to be eaten by Maw Maw's chickens.

Enter the hot crash potato. Wow! They are so wonderful for a week night meal.

How many times have you gone to the grocery store or a wine shop to buy Champagne or sparkling wine for your celebration and been mystified

The explosion of comforting taste was like no other as a child. Boiled Custard is like a magical concoction of creme brûlée, milk...

My tried and true, fool proof, cheap and easy standby was alway my Make Ahead Sausage, Egg and Cheese Breakfast Casserole.

...Best of all you have to make it ahead and can make it up to a week before. This is a real crowd pleaser and makes a ton.

If you are intimidated by cake making or icing this is also the cake for you.

They can be dressed up for dessert or made simply as a side for dinner.

This salad from Dot became part of my wife's repertoire long before we married and a staple of our family's Thanksgiving celebrations.