A chilled summertime bourbon cocktail using fresh muddled apricots, simple syrup, and elderflower liqueur. Guaranteed to aide in keeping you chill during this, the summer of quasi-continued self quarantine, An Iced Apricot Bourbon Fizz. To all my male readers, this is NOT a girly drink. It is Bourbon through and through. Ladies, I softened...
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Hearty Beef & Sausage Ragù
A Ragù is Bolognaise done right... If you were to select the monarch of the pasta sauce world, it would hands down have to be Hearty Beef & Sausage Ragù. A stew of sorts with big hunks of beef and sausage, Hearty Beef & Sausage Ragù is simmered until fall-apart perfection. A gorgeous, glossy and...
All Hail The Sloppy Joe
Messy, yummy, kid-friendly perfection - all hail the Sloppy Joe! Okay all of you busy soccer moms relentless in your continued search for fast, easy, and adaptable recipes, All Hail The Sloppy Joe! I figure it's time to bust out some of my childhood oldies but goodies, given I am still fielding questions regarding quarantine...
Coosaw Island Creamy Cold Crab Dip
A visit to the Lowcountry of South Carolina will change your outlook on life. Yes, I said 'life.' An icy cold beer and a bowl of Coosaw Island's famous cold crab dip will hasten that new found clarity... An icy cold beer and a bowl of Coosaw Island Creamy Cold Crab Dip will put...
Huguenot Church Blueberry Brunch Cake
Huguenot Church Blueberry Brunch Cake is quintessentially old Charleston, this recipe emanating from an 1871 archival reprint from the Huguenot Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Huguenot Church Blueberry Brunch Cake is perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a light dessert. This cake required a few adjustments from the original recipe. This was in an effort...
Oven 'Sun-dried' Tomatoes
A bumper crop of cherry tomatoes makes for sweet, scrum-delyicious Oven 'Sun-Dried' Tomatoes to be used on everything from homemade pizza to chicken cutlets in tomato cream. Best part is, the method is largely hands-off. Among the zillion recipes floating around for use of cherry tomatoes is to make homemade sun-dried tomatoes....in your oven. Oven...
A Summertime Sherry Colada
Sherry, an idiosyncratic Spanish wine whose tradition spans 3,000 years. I am just going to refer to it as a Summertime Sherry Colada because I really do not know what else to call it, other than to describe it. AND IT'S GOOOOOD. Seldom do I get excited about shaker drinks because in this household,...
Chive & Cheese Cocktail Swirls
A super easy appetizer that makes a pile. Chive & Cheese Cocktail Swirls are EASY 'at-the-ready' happy hour snacks I keep on hand for when I shake up a cold libation with family and friends. Pillows of pure deliciousness. This idea is not new. The variations for this have been kicking around for years, and...
Fruit Galette with Salted Honey
Seems to me these delicate summer fruits all come in at the same time, leaving me no choice but to cook 'em all up together...a wildly imperfect sugared masterpiece. A Fruit Galette with Salted Honey is one of those 'don't need to follow a recipe' recipes that comes out amazing every time. They are free...
3 Ingredient Buttermilk Biscuits
A no-fail Southern buttermilk biscuit recipe that will have them thinking you are a pro, even if this is your first time ever making biscuits. Weekend hot breakfasts don't get any simpler or more delicious than luscious 3 Ingredient Buttermilk Biscuits, brushed to perfection with sweet cream butter. Feed your crowd with pleasing and...
