Chocolate Chess Pie was my grandmother Bobbie’s signature fall and winter pie. It made appearances on every holiday table and was the one pie that made it onto everyone’s dessert plate, along with a dollop of fresh whipped cream. Chess pie is a very southern concoction, the basic chess is sugar, eggs, and butter, with [...]
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Ginger & Pear Pie
There is something about the combination of pear, ginger, and vanilla that makes me wild. It’s sweet but also has this wonderful edge. I love pears, and pear pie is probably my favorite fruit pie these days, which is why I chose this pie as the first of February’s sweet pies. Not to mention that [...]
Smokey Chicken Pie
If you follow me on twitter you’ll know that I’ve been in kind of a slump lately. Part of it is that I’ve been sick a lot lately, it’s that time of year where I have cold upon cold upon flu upon cold. Then there’s the weather. It’s been dreary, I don’t want to do [...]
Carrot Cake with Goat’s Milk Caramel
It would seem that, somehow, I have become known as someone who hates cake. And I would like to set the record straight. I don’t hate cake. I merely prefer pie. And there is one time of year when I always make cake- Dan’s birthday. Because somehow I ended up married to someone who prefers [...]
Roasted Chicken & Root Vegetables
This year we managed to make Christmas last until January 15th. One benefit of having large families spread all over the country is that there’s a great excuse to celebrate and celebrate and celebrate. We started in the beginning of December with my grandparents, visiting a beautiful lighted garden and enjoying a nice dinner. After [...]
