Gorgeous & Beautifully Festive! food to glow I love Christmas dinner as much as anyone. After all, I pretty much get to make the menu, cook it and serve it. Just today my daughter Rachel and I have donned felt antlers to make up some venison sausage rolls, cranberry sauce and start fermenting blini batter for smoked…
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Some Favorite Foods of Famous, and Infamous, People by Ken Bayliss
They say we are what we eat, yet if you look at what some famous people ate, you would wonder. For instance, Charlie Chaplin had a very difficult childhood and ended up famous and very rich. Yet one of his favorite foods was tripe, the stomach of a cow. Not only that but tripe stinks….
Last-Minute Light Christmas Cake — Travel Gourmet
There is a family story about Dundee cake. I took to making Scottish Whisky Dundee Cake for Christmas from Delia Smith’s Christmas book way back when it was first published in 1990 and my kids were still quite small. No one in the family – other than me – likes ‘proper’ Christmas cake: a rich,…
Morning Strata — The Thankful Heart
Hello all–I have a dear friend Sue, who is one of those cooks who always sets beautiful (and delicious!) food out on the table. She gave me this recipe 35 years ago and I’ve been making it ever since! It’s a Christmas morning favorite because you make it the day before and in […] via Morning…
Banana Swiss Roll with Cream Cheese & Pecans — It’s Friday let’s Bake
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Practice makes perfect. Well, I don’t know if I’ll get a perfect Swiss roll, but this banana Swiss roll in my humble opinion is amazing! I have the habit of making different versions of a recipe that I just learned to do. In the Pharmaceutical world we call this Validation, […]…
Fruitcake icebox cookies for a traveling holiday — Gourmandistan
Gourmandistan will be on the move for the upcoming holiday season. With stops planned in Madisonville, Memphis and Jackson before pushing on to New Orleans, Michelle wanted some sweets that could survive the trip, were good enough to gift, and non-messy enough for snacks on the road. Along with a few other selections (do not…
Deer Creek Aged Cheddar Herbed Christmas Crackers — Deer Creek Cheese
Surprise your guests with these whimsical holiday crackers that are perfect as an appetizer by themselves or a fun addition to any holiday cheeseboard. (They also make a perfect hostess gift.) Deer Creek Aged Cheddar Herbed Christmas Crackers makes approximately 36 crackers What You’ll Need: 1 1/2 c flour 1/2 c butter, cubed 2 c […]…
My Mother’s Luxurious Christmas Cake — Toni Brancatisano
This is probably one of my most cherished recipes. If I close my eyes and inhale the aromas exuding from this cake, I can take myself back in time and imagine my mother lovingly unwrapping her Christmas Cake to feed it with brandy in the lead up to Christmas. I made an easier and smaller…
Two-Cheese Walnut and Rosemary Shortbread Cookies — More Time at the Table
Whenever I run into savory little cheese cookies someone’s served with a glass of wine, I’m happy indeed. These days, they’re usually they’re made with Parmigiano-Reggiano, but older food memories include homemade crispy little cheddar crackers that were just as good with beer as with wine. Back in the day, these were called “Cheese Pennies” […]…
Lolly Cake – Recipe — The Sweet Explorer
Growing up my Mum always made a variety of Christmas sweets and one of my favourites was Lolly Cake. It has now become one of our family treats at Christmas and one of the things I make to put in a treat box as gifts. It’s a super easy recipe that the kids can help […]…
Once Upon a Spice 