Hermits are soft, spicy, cake-like cookies, and they happen to be one of the very few ways I enjoy eating raisins. Maybe it’s all that soaking, or all the butter and brown sugar and spices, or maybe it’s just the memory of my mom baking them when I was a kid. After passing [...]

I’ve had so many requests for a bruschetta recipe lately. How did I not have one posted until now? Try to find firm tomatoes with a lot of color. I used cluster tomatoes this time, because they’re the best I can get in November. I’d generally go with plum tomatoes for [...]

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Source: Mickey’s Gourmet Cookbook (modified by Dawn DeMeo)
Seems like I haven’t made this in quite a while! My husband was so impressed with it. I thought for sure I’d made it for him before, I guess I hadn’t. It’s my favorite chicken pot pie recipe, but it does take a bit of time to put [...]

I love to put some seasoning on my steak before throwing on the grill, but many store-bought “steak seasonings” contain far too much salt. This recipe will make a seasoning that enhances the natural flavors in the meat, rather than covering them up. You can make as much or as little as you want and [...]