Dinner, Fall, Food

Caraway Roast Turkey and Stuffing

In the world of food blogs, there seems to be a clear delineation between people who create their own recipes and those who adapt or share recipes created by others. Personally, I don’t think it matters, as long as you’re passing along something you’ve tested carefully, and honestly feel the recipe is worth sharing with others.  But I do admire the creators: Love and Lemons and 101 Cookbooks have got it goin’ on. It’s pretty hard to be completely original […]

Fall, Food, Gluten-Free

Butternut Squash Soup with Lime Cream

This is a decadent autumn soup, similar to one we used to serve at the White House. It was so good that people would scrape their bowls to finish it. I like soups for a first course in the fall and winter, in small cream soup bowls. The smaller, handled bowls hold just enough to whet the appetite for the rest of the meal, and it’s a simple and comforting beginning. It would make a great starter for a Thanksgiving […]

Fall, Food

For All the Bacon Lovers Out There

For all the bacon lovers out there, November’s giveaway is Neuske’s Bacon Super Sampler, featuring  4 1/2 pounds of their delicious bacon.  The sampler includes Applewood Smoked Bacon, Peppered Bacon, Triple Thick Butcher Cut Bacon, Thin-sliced Applewood Bacon and Wild Cherrywood Smoked Bacon.  How can you pass this up?  Enter today by signing up for the newsletter: