by Erica | Jan 26, 2014 | Desserts, Guest Bloggers
In Dante’s Paradiso, he describes nine spheres of heaven. The seventh is for the contemplatives, people who dedicated their lives to ascetic contemplation; as a reward, they get to live on Saturn. And, according to Del Monte, the seventh heaven also has...
by Erica | Jan 19, 2014 | Bread and Pastries, Guest Bloggers, Pork
By Erica According to the advertisement, this is going to be a “man-pleasin’ main dish.” And unfortunately all I have running through my head right now is highly inappropriate jokes about sausages. Sausage Corn Bread Supper – Mid-Century Recipe Guest...
by Erica | Jan 12, 2014 | Cake & Cupcakes, Guest Bloggers
Buzz and I both like babka, which is a traditional Jewish dessert from eastern Europe with cinnamon or chocolate braided throughout a sweet bread-cake. There’s another related dessert called baba, which is essentially the same cake but with fruit or chocolate...
by Erica | Jan 5, 2014 | Guest Bloggers, Main Dishes
Bean Surprise! The surprise is… um… that there are things besides beans in it? Or perhaps the surprise is that there are beans in it. I promise they’re in there. Somewhere. Bean Surprise Author: A&P Serves: 4 Ingredients 4 firm tomatoes 1 can Ann...
by Erica | Dec 29, 2013 | Desserts, Guest Bloggers
Sometimes you get a recipe that you know will be doomed to failure. And then there are recipes like Dessert Pancakes, which shouldn’t be bad… but then you try making it… Dessert Pancakes Author: Libby’s Ingredients 8 small thin pancakes 2...
by Erica | Dec 15, 2013 | Cookies & Bars, Guest Bloggers
When Retro Ruth emailed me this advertisement, I literally whooped with joy. It’s rare that a retro recipe looks like a winner from the beginning — but how can you go wrong with butter, sugar, chocolate, and pecans? Assuming there’s no nut allergies....