It was fun chatting, as usual, this morning, with Matt Swaim on the Sonrise Morning Show/Sacred Heart radio about foods eaten during Biblical times. After the heavy eating of the holidays, we’re going with simple. And I mean simple. This sauce recipe from famed Marcella Hazan for pasta uses 4 main ingredients: butter, onions, salt and, of course, tomatoes. Now the butter, onions and salt … Continue reading Marcella’s Simple Pasta Sauce
As we start another year of cooking and chatting together, it’s time to reflect a bit on the lifestyles we choose and the food we prepare for ourselves and others. You’ve heard me many times talk about this little patch of heaven that we’re blessed to call home. Nothing fancy, rather plain really. We built the home we live in decades ago. It overlooks the … Continue reading Trends for 2026: Collard Greens and Ham Hocks
Those of you who are “regulars” know that during the holidays I share a recipe for peppermint bark. It makes the best gift from the kitchen!Looking at the ones we’ve swapped over the years, there’s some common threads that run through. It’s about quality and technique. Here are answers to both. To replicate famous, super expensive candy like Wms Sonoma’s bark, use quality bar chocolate … Continue reading Best Peppermint Bark!
As promised, here’s a nice ham and bean soup recipe for those of you with leftover holiday ham. This is a real basic recipe, so use as a guide rather than a recipe set in stone. If it’s a honey glazed ham, you’ll notice a slight difference in taste – not exactly sweet but maybe a bit more mellow. Now if you don’t have leftover … Continue reading Leftover Holiday Ham? Make Ham & Bean Soup!
Today, as I do every Thursday morning, the chat with Matt Swaim, Sonrise Morning Show/Sacred Heart Radio, centered around food and its Biblical roots. We talked about Thanksgiving and our favorite foods. Matt shared his roasted Brussels sprouts recipe (check out the Sacred Heart site for that) and Annie is sharing her family’s stuffing (that’s below). For Thanksgiving, now even though fowl/chickens were part of … Continue reading Thanksgiving Family Favorites
As I do every Thursday morning on Sonrise Morning Show/Sacred Heart Radio, I chatted with Matt Swaim about Halloween. Now for us Christians, Halloween has this meaning (along with the fun dressing up and ” begging” for treats): Halloween refers to the Feast of All Saints. The word itself is taken an older English term, “hallows,” meaning “holy”; and “e’en”, a truncation of the word … Continue reading Jalapeno Poppers Two Ways
Some recipes I share with you are new, some are retro favorites. The arroz con pollo (chicken with rice) dish today is a little of both. It was so long ago I don’t remember exactly when, but my then Ecuadorian boss’ wife, Dora Almeida, gave me her recipe for this popular one pot meal. It was an easy recipe for a young cook venturing out … Continue reading Arroz con Pollo
FAST, REPENT, THEN EAT! That was the theme for my chat with Matt Swaim today on the Sonrise Morning Show/Sacred Heart Radio. It’s all about Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur is coming up Oct 1. It means “Day of Atonement” and it’s a holiday just a few days after the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah. It’s the most solemn religious fast of the Jewish new year … Continue reading Overnight Simple Coffee Cake for Yom Kippur
It’s always an adventure chatting with Matt Swaim on the Sonrise Morning Show/Sacred Heart Radio. Today we chatted about eggs and yes, they were considered a Biblical delicacy. Eggs are not so much a delicacy these days but do show up in one of my latest pound cakes. Made in a food processor! So easy and the texture is fine grained. This recipe makes one … Continue reading Food Processor Pound Cake
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