Category Archives: Celebrating
Red Peas for Good Luck in the New Year
Did you eat your New Year’s Day peas? When I was growing up, my mother made peas every New Year’s day – green, from a can. In fact, all vegetables during my growing up years came from a can – … Continue reading →
Christmas
When I say Christmas you probably think of sweets, sparkles, Santa, baking, gathering, sharing, and probably even yard blow-up decorations, (especially if you live in Dallas, those blow up things are EVERYWHERE). But, if you live in New Mexico, Christmas … Continue reading →
Gram’s Pumpkin Pie
Every year in November, I do two weird things. First, I get out this wicker cornucopia I’ve had since Rhonda and I got together. She always laughs about it because it is kind of funny that we actually have a … Continue reading →
Hatch Green Chile & Cheddar Quiche
This is the time of year when I go to the grocery store, step out of my car, and the air is infused with the scent of roasting chiles. It’s a heady, peppery smell that let’s me know it’s Hatch … Continue reading →
Vegetarian Baked Beans for July Fourth
Fireworks, sparklers, hot summer sun, cookouts, and baked beans. When I was growing up, summertime was my favorite time, and to me, the Fourth of July was the best holiday of the summer season. I lived in a tiny town … Continue reading →
Crab & Cheese Turnovers
I love hosting parties. I get into all the little details – from the menu planning, to making hors d’oeuvres, dips, and desserts, to putting out the trays of food on my favorite platters and dishes. I like thinking about … Continue reading →
Salmon Salad for a Memorial Day Picnic
On my recent trip to Europe, I’m pretty sure I ate 12 baguettes in 12 days. Not to mention all the other deliciousness I ate like crepes, pastries, stroopwafels, and cheese. After that whirlwind of eating, I’m back in the USA, and just … Continue reading →
Mint Juleps for Derby Day
Mint julep – doesn’t the word julep make you want one? I’m not sure I’d ever heard of a mint julep until I went to my first Kentucky Derby party after moving to Dallas. We wore big hats, bought … Continue reading →
A Birthday Party & A Hawaiian Wedding Cake
I got the recipe for this cake 27 years ago at a wedding shower — a 24 hour sleep over kind of wedding shower in the rural Pennsylvania lake community I lived in at the time. I hardly knew the … Continue reading →
Nut Rolls — It Must be Spring
Growing up, I loved when my grandmother came to stay with us for Easter. The trees were turning green, and the bright yellow forsythia in our front yard was in full bloom. Spring had finally arrived and with it came … Continue reading →