Even though it’s a new week with no Civil War-related baking projects on the docket, I wanted to address an interesting email I received over the weekend. The question it put, and I’m paraphrasing, was this: with all the pillaging of the countryside that went on during the Civil War, why were food supply lines […]
READ ONHope you had a happy Easter! Indeed I did, but now I’ve got more chocolate on my hands than I can stand. The wife is busy squirreling her share away in hiding spots all over the house. Me, I’d rather fiddle around with it. I’m going to make some: Peanut Butter Cups And since my […]
READ ONWhat does this have to do with baking? Almost nothing! But it’s an interesting subject, and who’s the one that’s doing the writing here? Ever ask yourself where pigs come from? I mean…historically? And why are they so popular in the South? It all goes back to Spanish explorer and so-called “Father of the American […]
READ ONI think the thing I like so much about last week’s cornbread recipe is that it’s a kind of microcosm of Old Southern eating. It’s a Southern food greatest hits list, really: corn meal, fresh corn, buttermilk and of course pork. It’s easy to image Southern poor folk or soldiers cooking up something very much […]
READ ONI just met a delightful blogger this last week, all the way from down under. She calls herself the Old Foodie. Check her out when you can.
READ ONNotice anything unusual about this week’s quiche recipe? About the filling I mean? Go ahead, have a look, I’ll wait. Dum-tee-dum… No? No guesses? Then I’ll just spill it: it doesn’t have any cheese. And that’s odd, because every modern quiche recipe is full of cheese. But then those are modern recipes. The original quiches […]
READ ONSadly, there are people out there for whom quiche-hating has taken on religious significance. Join them if you wish.
READ ONHeading out to Chicago and then to Madison, Wisconsin on another short business trip. I’ll try to post when and where I can. Get after that corn bread while I’m gone! You won’t regret it, I promise you.
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