Make Sauce Not Bottles

The right barbecue sauce should have just a little sweetness, a little heat and a little tang.

Recipe: Potato Soup With Bacon

With spring asparagus all over the place, this is a good place to use it. This makes a good size pot even though it’s scaled to six servings.

Use Sautéed Apples As Substitute For Pancake Syrup

Sautéed apples make a great treat for pancakes, biscuits, ice cream or shortcake.

Recipes: Morning woo… er, bread

So, after paying my rent, the funds are a little low. I was out of bread, but wanted some bread to have with my eggs. Making regular bread takes too long. But you can make a really easy flat bread with very few ingredients you should already have around the house. This can be used [...]

Pull Sweetness Out Of Microwave

Oh, the things you can do with a microwave.

No Microwave Popcorn, Ever! Please?

What’s wrong with microwave popcorn? Well, do you know what’s in it? No? Neither does anyone else.

Zap Your Food For Faster Service

A microwave is one of the most useful kitchen appliances you will ever own and well worth both the investment in money and in time, learning how to use it well.

Pig Belly, Anyone?

You’ve decided you need bacon and now you’re standing in front on the bacon section in the store’s meat case trying to figure out what to buy. How do you choose?

Easy Weekend Beef Stew

This hearty dish is low in calories (340 per 1-1/2 cup serving), low in fat (13 grams) and high on flavor. I recommend making it without a lot of additions the first time.

Pantry Basics: Vinegar

The vinegars you choose for your kitchen will depend on what you like to eat and what kinds of cooking you do. I actually have four kinds of vinegar in my kitchen, although only two of them I use regularly.