For the past year, we have been dining with friends every Friday night. Alternating hosting with being guests, we compete not with each other but for the great dining experiences enjoyed together. Highlights have included a low country crawfish boil, the $5 Julia Child dinner, 18-hour braised pork, and the kid favorite, chicken and...
Read more →After sipping my homemade limoncello last week, I decided I hadn’t had enough of this season’s Meyer lemons. I ordered another half dozen from Green B.E.A.N. delivery. When I opened my box I found not six but eighteen petite yellow lemons. I immediately contacted customer service and offered to return them. The quick response:...
Read more →Apples are abundant in our house after our trip to Lawrence Orchards. When the oven was on for family dinner roasted potatoes last night, I couldn’t help but whip up an apple crisp. I use a simple crumble topping ratio that is adaptable to the ingredients I have on hand and needs of my...
Read more →I wasn’t going to make Peanut Butter Pie for Mikey. I heard about his sudden death via the twitter account of his food writer wife, Jennifer Perillo. The story touched me and I hugged my husband and daughter more tightly than usual that day. When Jennifer urged readers to make peanut butter pie and...
Read more →It’s Peach Week at Hounds in the Kitchen! See Monday’s introduction with a peach cocktail recipe and follow the whole week for preserving tips and a pick your own farm review. Truth be told, I would rather eat fresh fruit than most desserts. But when I ran out of jars when canning peach pieces,...
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