Month: April 2013

Kentucky Derby Bars

This recipe transforms Aunt Hen’s Brownie Pie into a bar cookie that spreads the nut-studded chocolate-y wealth of a dessert for eight into thirty or so delicious four-bite portions.

Rosemary Biscuits filled with slivers of country ham, topped with rosemary flowers on an antique plate.

Wonderful Little Rosemary Biscuits

You may think biscuits sound rather ordinary but, in the moment, they may turn out to be the best thing you ever tasted. Try some of these fragrant little Rosemary Biscuits for yourself to see if you agree.

A Kentucky Country Ham studded with cloves and topped with a brown sugar glaze is carved and ready to enjoy.

My Old Kentucky (Country) Ham

I think of Country Ham as particularly unique and a bit mysterious. Cooking this regional specialty from hook to table takes some time and attention but there is nothing quite like the delicious flavor of a country ham. In the end, the outcome is well worth the extra effort.

Christi’s Creative Nut Cookies

A Forgotten Voice I have been a writer all my life.  Even before I could actually form the letters myself I would tell stories to my Dad and ask him to write them down for me.  They weren’t exactly literary treasures but, in those days, I never doubted the authenticity of my creative spirit. As […]