• breakfast and dinner

    - - - ​My sheet pan pancakes were a big hit with my granddaughter. Apparently, the batch I brought to my daughter’s never made it into the freezer. Being a good Nana, I made another batch yesterday,...

  • entrée and dessert

    - - In the New York Times Sunday edition, they have a fairly new section called “Home.” This section has a page devoted to “5 Dishes to Cook this Week.” In the October 4th paper, there was a recipe for...

  • floating through time and space

    Pork Chops with Pear-Pecan Slaw Sheet Pan Berry Pancakes with Honey-Butter Syrup Fluffy Pumpkin Pancakes Halibut with Brown Butter, Lemon and Sage Lemony Shrimp Bean Stew Chocolate Banana Cookies Green...

  • food with a hint of autumn

    - - ​Recently I was going through Jean Anderson’s cook book “The Grass Roots Cookbook” I came across a quick bread recipe that uses butternut squash. I love vegetable-based breads and cakes such as zucchini...

  • unlikely creation

    - - - ​Another recipe that my son-in-law recently forwarded to me was for Sausage and Grits Lasagna. The recipe was found on the website for Country Living Magazineand was described as a hearty casserole....