cooking

  • A Lovely Way to Roast a Turkey

    Here is our de-boned Thanksgiving turkey before putting it in the oven! Having not de-boned a bird in awhile it took about 45 minutes . . . . but it’s worth it. I didn’t stuff the bird – one can…

  • Talking about food while on the road (and cooking too)

    On my long three weeks journey, after a few days in spent Oxford, MS at the Southern Foodways Alliance Conference, I crossed the Mississippi River at Helena over to W. Helena in Arkansas. At Pine Bluff High School I talked…

  • The best tastes of the Fall

    Today I’m thinking about butternut squash soup; creamy, thick, deep yellow, yum!   Several versions of this soup that I’ve been served are too sweet for my taste. I’m usually most responsive to savory.  My recipe contains roasted red pepper,…

  • The bounty of fall greens

    This past weekend I was the recipient of a bounty of fresh fall collards; broad flat deep green collards. Let's hear it for the QCC (Charlottesville's Quality Community Council)!!Today I prepared the collards for the freezer; 15 min cutting out…