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  • HAVE YOU DRIVEN TO TEXAS LATELY?

    The past week for me has been spent recovering from my 9 day road trip during which I experienced great new people, roads and roads and highways (did you know the city of Houston is larger then the state of…

  • Winter Squash Soup

    Leni’s Squash, Yam and Roasted Sweet Pepper Soup Butternut or other Winter squash Red Jewel Yams Curry Powder (optional – a very small amount – it’s just an accent) Sweet Peppers – yellow and red Onion Butter Half & Half…

  • 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,…