Being raised near the ocean means that I crave seafood almost all the time. Living in Eugene we get access to fresh seafood fairly regularly. Recently I read an article about shrimp which said that soon there will be no wild shrimp left so when I got the opportunity to purchase this wild-caught…

I am a huge fan of Julia Childs, have been since I was a teenager. I remember watching her show on PBS from the time I was 12. I always wanted to be like her but alas it wasn’t in the cards. When the movie came out about the young lady that wrote an entire…

One of my favorite memories from childhood is all of the goodies that were around during Christmas time. When visiting my father’s family, who were from Illinois, we enjoyed magic cookie bars, german chocolate cake, and my Aunt Leones red velvet cake. On the other hand, if we ended up in Alabama, with my mother’s…

When I was around 25ish I started collecting authentic recipes from everywhere I could. I wanted a collection of the real old south. I have collected them from grandmother’s, aunts, mom’s and friends. This cornbread recipe came from my ex-husbands grandmother one of the best cooks I ever met. On one visit to her home…

During these cold snowy winter months, it’s always nice to have a pot of chili going to warm you up when you’ve had an especially hard day. Try out this twist on an old favorite. Let me know what you think. I always appreciate feed back. You can also make it in a crock pot….