Lion’s Tail cocktail made with homemade Pimento Dram
The Lion's Tail cocktail is a spicy combination of rye or bourbon, lime juice, syrup, bitters and Pimento Dram. It's especially good using this homemade Pimento Allspice Dram.
Homemade Grenadine and an El Presidente Cocktail
I'm starting to see the fresh pomegranates back in the stores again this week. I do love cutting them open and popping out those garnet-colored seeds to eat. They stain your fingers bright pink, but I really don't care. They…
Easy Thai Tomato Coconut Soup
One cool trick that I've learned is to make tomato soup from canned tomatoes. I always keep cans of diced tomatoes in the pantry. If I dig a little deeper, I can usually find a can of coconut milk, too. So, if I just add some onion, garlic, celery, pepper and fresh basil & ginger, I have a delicious, creamy Thai-flavored Tomato Coconut soup that I can make in about 15 minutes.
Muscadine cocktail – using wild grapes for a fall cocktail
If you live in the South, you have probably have 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.
Multi-Colored Ham Vegetable Quiche
If it's been a while since I've been to the market for groceries, it can be challenging to come up with dinner. If I dig around in my fridge, most of the time I have eggs, cream, vegetables, cold cuts…
Autumn Pear Sidecar cocktail
With the end of the hot weather, I think it's time to put away the fruity, fizzy drinks of summer and return to the warmer amber spirits. I do love the classic cocktails that use brandy, rye and whiskey as…
Homemade Sauerkraut – fermented foods at home
It's almost October and the cool weather has started settling in, even here in the muggy South. There is something about the cooler temperatures that sends me back into the kitchen to make food. And one of those foods that is…
Aperol Spritz, an Italian aperitivo drink
I just spent 10 days traveling through Italy and I'm having a hard time adjusting to life back in Atlanta. Besides the daily gelato, I'm particularly missing my afternoon Aperol Spritz. Everywhere we went in Italy, as the heat of…
Pickled Shrimp – a traditional Low Country appetizer
Making pickled shrimp - a traditional Low Country dish, served cold on a hot summer day.
Dutch Baby Pancake
Dutch baby pancake, or German oven pancake, is an easy breakfast dish that is sure to impress.