It is one of the ironies of life that I love to grow and preserve peppers. I don’t like hot peppers at all, and I am very selective about how I will eat bell peppers. Fajitas are the main way, but, oh, what a way! Fortunately, peppers of any type are easy to freeze, which […]
Chef Betharoni’s Fresh Garden Carrot Cake
During the week, I make sandwiches at work. During the weekend, I come home and want to bake cake. Fortunately, those around me are frequently willing to indulge me and eat cake. Since it’s harvest season, and my sister requested a pinnable recipe for my version of carrot cake, that is how I most recently […]
Chef Betharoni’s Sweet Apple and Black Grape Coleslaw
Somedays, you need to have a party. And while there’s nothing wrong with using everyday recipes for your party foods, I always find parties to be a time when those around me will allow me lots of room for experimentation. So when it was time to gather the family to celebrate my return from the […]
Creamy Spring Clam Chowder Better with Bacon
We’ve had a few days of warm spring here now, the eat lunch in the garden, wear short sleeves, admire the crocuses type of day. But mornings like this, when any sunlight that makes it through the windows is filtered through gray clouds that let loose an almost silent drizzle, and the corners of the […]
Triumvirate Bars (Crumbly Vanilla, Chewy Caramel, and Smooth Chocolate)
Time spent in the kitchen tends to leave me happily tired and de-stressed, with an elaborate product on the counter – that is, until I realize that the by products of the cooking include grease and chocolate smears on cutting boards, spatulas floating in the dirty sink water, and a stack of pots and […]
