Recipes
Pate Brisee (Crust): Making Quiche with Julia Part 1
One of the first recipes I ever tried from Julia’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking was pate brisee (pronounced paht bree-ZAY) which is a short pastry crust. I’ve tried variations since, but I always come back to this one. I may add in...
No Bake Peanut Butter Pie
This pie comes with a warning. It’s delicious. It’s addictive. And it is definitely NOT low calorie. Sometimes, you just have to live life. I love peanut butter, mostly extra crunchy, but I’ll take it in any form. This...
On Cultivating My Photography Skills 2
So this week we are concentrating on perspective, focal length and white balance. If only I could remember to put it all together at the same time! It is nice getting to know my camera – one that I have had now for three or four years. (I...
On Cultivating My Photography Skills
As part of my commitment to have cultivate as my One Little Word 2013, I knew that part of that would involve the cultivation of my photography skills not only for this blog but in an effort just to keep learning and creating. Hubby supported...
Oven Roasted Smashed Potatoes
These oven roasted smashed potatoes are a favorite at our house, and they could not be any easier to fix. My only problem with them is that I start eating them before they ever make it to the table. (Fix extras.)They are easy to prepare ahead...
Happy 43rd!
Yesterday was our 43rd wedding anniversary. Would I do it again? Absolutely, even knowing that nothing is ever perfect. Would he? I believe he would even knowing all of my many faults. This came...
Saying Goodbye
Hot Dog Mike creates the World’s Most Expensive Hot Dog. Many of us in central Arkansas have come to know and love Hot Dog Mike Juliano. He has given so much to the community not only monetarily but of himself as well. We wish him the very...
Skillet Apple Pie
I first had this pie when my friend Liz of Just Leave It to Liz catering made it for my bunko group. We had both seen it on the cover of the September 2011 issue of Southern Living and knew that we just had to make it. It was a...
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