We were pleased recently, with the resurgence of interest in some of the traditional homemade recipes. Some long time favorites appear high on the list, including the most iconic classic, Beef Stroganoff! A French chef, who worked for a wealthy St. Petersburg, Russia family, created the dish for a cooking contest in 1891, and in…
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Miscellaneous Cooking Goodies
Every cook has a catch-all drawer or container where we keep the tools that don’t deserve counter space since we only use them occasionally. The same is true of those treasured occasional recipes and “how-to” notes that get stuck away until “next time.” We keep ours here in the Vaughn household on our Misc (Miscellaneous)…
Flavorful Pork Chops for Dinner
Now that Christmas dinner is past, and the leftovers have been relegated to stews and casseroles, it’s the right time to be thinking about a change of pace with dinners that differ from seasonal classics while still delivering on flavor. Pork may be the ideal alternative, and we’ve collected a few of our favorite pork…
Steak Isn’t Merely Steak
We love a tender, juicy, well-cooked beef steak. It can elevate a meal to an entirely higher level. Steaks are, perhaps, most often grilled in an attempt to replicate the flavor of steak cooked over the glowing coals of a campfire. But, steak can also be pan-seared, roasted, broiled, cubed for stew, and even ground…
More Apple Pie, Please
Harvesting apples in the fall is such a rewarding undertaking! We, and our friends and extended families, always looked forward to the apple harvesting season. We would drive out to one or more of the local orchards where we could gather all we wanted of the various varieties of apples. We like to press a…
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