Pork Tacos for a Crowd

She Braise I used to not think of myself as a performance oriented person. I used to think of myself as having a laid back nature and not a controlling type. Enter cooking (and children) and I morph into neither an “alpha” nor a “beta,” but a genuine brute. Something...

Chocolate Ice Box Pie

Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.                        1 Thessalonians 5:1 Thanksgiving used to be my favorite holiday of the year. I guess that shows I was a foodie, even as a youngster. My grandmother, known as...

The Comfort Under the Comfort Food

During a chapter of loss, there is an obvious recipe for which we hunger:  comfort food – for our stomachs and our hearts.  Selecting a comfort food recipe to share is more subjective than I realized.  As best as I can surmise though, comfort food can be divided into...

Panna Cotta with Roasted Lemon and Irish Whiskey Sauce

If you know any Italian words or have eaten at an Italian restaurant, you may already know that panna cotta is not an Irish dessert!  It means, “cooked cream” and it’s very similar to custard, but without any eggs.  I chose to share a recipe for a...

Citrus and Beet Wonder-Salad!

By definition, winter is a season of waiting.  However, in harsher winter climates, waiting rises to a whole new level of understanding for those in its grip.  The desperate desire and longing for the sun to shine and bring the promised newness and warmth of spring...