Kathy Marker

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

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3 min read

Muscadine cocktail – using wild grapes for a fall cocktail

If you live in the South, you have probably had your share of muscadines and scuppernongs, our native wild grape. They are fragrant, juicy and sweet. Like pears or apples, the muscadine signals Fall in the South. They are my inspiration this week for a Southern Fall Muscadine Cocktail.

Monday, September 4, 2023

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2 min read

Baked Potato Pizza – Recipe

Here is one of our Pizza Night variations. My family loves the Baked Potato pizza made by one of our local pizzerias, so I thought I’d try to recreate it at home. It’s essentially a good crust topped with sliced…

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Monday, July 31, 2023

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6 min read

Piccalilli Pepper Relish

Today, Piccalilli Pepper Relish is still a great way to use up all those sweet and hot peppers that start overflowing in July and August. It has a sweet and sour tanginess that is great as a condiment for pork roast or fried chicken, or greens. Like any good relish, you can also put it on hot dogs and in deviled eggs. You can really use it as a table condiment the same way you use salsa or ketchup.

Saturday, July 15, 2023

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10 min read

Low Sugar Blackberry Jam

A step-by-step recipe to make low-sugar Blackberry Jam. We find our blackberries by being urban foragers - finding berries in the city.

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

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4 min read

Making Pizza Dough at Home – Recipe

Making your own pizza dough at home is really not that complicated. It just takes a little ahead-of-time planning. If you are planning pizzas for dinner, you will need to start your pizza dough in the afternoon. For my Pizza…

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Saturday, March 25, 2023

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2 min read

Fig and Goat Cheese Pizza – Recipe

Making fig, goat cheese & prosciutto pizza at home with a homemade pizza crust, Fig/Onion Jam, adapted from a recipe found on The Food Network website.

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Thursday, March 17, 2022

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3 min read

The Mr. 404 cocktail

The Mr. 404 Cocktail combines the bittersweetness of the Aperol with the delicate flowery taste of the elderflower liqueur – St. Germain. Together, it has a pale orange color and a light, slightly sweet taste that reminds me of grapefruit juice.

Friday, August 22, 2014

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2 min read

Ruby Red Grapefruit Martini

Even as the summer feels like it’s winding down, it is hot as heck outside here in Atlanta. The Friday night cocktails have to still be something cool and refreshing. This week, I’ll pour a mix of Campari, vodka and Ruby Red grapefruit juice – the Ruby Red Grapefruit Martini. My friend Megan makes Ruby Red Martinis, which she pours over ice in a highball, at many of her get-togethers and I love them.

Celebrating the 2014 World Cup with a Caipirinha, the official cocktail of Brazil

Friday, June 20, 2014

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2 min read

Caipirinha – celebrating the World Cup with Brazil’s national drink

Similar to the mojito or the margarita, the caipirinha reigns supreme in Brazil. Like the margarita, the caipirinha is a lime sour - mixing spirits with sugar and lime juice. What sets it apart is the main ingredient - cachaça - a distilled spirit that is similar to rum.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

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5 min read

Tofu Crab Cakes recipe

It's summer and some of the classic tastes of the season derive from our memories of trips to the beach. Fried clams, fresh oysters, shrimp boils, lobster rolls. Seafood evokes the smell of the ocean and the feel of the…