Your Civic Duty Never Tasted So Good. A dense, fragrant, bread-like cake recipe, dotted with boozy dried currants, mixed raisins, and warmed with spices. The history of election cake reveals an American tradition that has been mostly lost to history. Regardless of your political affiliation, reward yourself (and your right…
Stuffed chicken with apples is my adaptation of pintade farcie aux pommes, stuffed guinea fowl with apples, from the Normandy region of France. I opted to use locally raised chickens instead and swapped out the traditional beef and pork stuffing for my butcher’s homemade sweet Italian sausage. Sausage, onions, and…
“The light music of whisky falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude.” –James Joyce, Dubliners October evenings call for a whiskey sour recipe with a slow heat and a warm seasonal taste. I’ve added pure maple syrup and an aromatic, smoldering cinnamon stick as a dramatic garnish.
Rustic and whimsical. Twisted and curved. Layered with soft butter, brown sugar and cinnamon, and studded with bits of apple; this sweet apple bread recipe bakes up with the intoxicating aroma you’d anticipate from a warm autumnal treat. Despite its intricate appearance, this apple bread recipe is one of the…
“this plant of God heals anything it touches” – Hippocrates With cold and flu season fast approaching, and with more concern now than ever to keep our immune systems healthy, I’m sharing my tried-and-true recipe for homemade elderberry syrup. For centuries, elderberries have been considered a powerful ingredient in health…