This is a classic recipe from a classic source: The Inn at Little Washington Cookbook. For people who live in the Washington area, The Inn is the place to go to mark a special holiday or family celebration, and we’re lucky to have their cookbooks as a source of inspiration for those extra special occasions we spend at home. The lobster with grapefruit butter sauce is an unlikely combination of flavors, but the grapefruit plays off of the butter and […]
This is a recipe of my mother’s, which is lightning fast in the assembling, though slow in the cooking. I added a lot of bacon, to make it more substantial. I like it for a campout because it can be made ahead of time as a casserole and then heated on the campfire before serving. There’s something classic and funny, in a Blazing Saddles kind of way, about sitting around a campfire eating pork and beans. Campfire Baked Beans with […]
Everyone loves s’mores, and there are as many versions of this beloved American outdoor classic as the dessert-minded can imagine. This one combines two of my favorite things – a chocolate pecan turtle and a s’more – into a chewy, gooey, mouthwateringly delicious campfire treat. The warmth of the freshly-toasted marshmallow melts the caramels in a way that is irresistible. Need I say more? Turtle S’mores
You’ve seen the healthy campout dessert, and the s’mores recipe, but this one belongs somewhere in between. Fresh strawberries and blackberries are easy to thread on to the end of a sharp stick, dip into a jar of marshmallow fluff, and toast to your heart’s delight. It just takes a little patience to keep it toasting slowly, so that the fruit begins to soften and cook while the marshmallow browns. Heaven! If you want to keep things more healthy, you can […]
It takes some imagination to find a filling breakfast food that can be made in advance; often on weekends at our house we have people waking up over the course of several hours. I’m not the cheeriest of early morning cooks, so I prefer to put breakfast together and let guests serve themselves when they wake up, which eliminates me hovering in the kitchen, spatula in hand, waiting to take orders. If you have juice waiting in a pretty pitcher […]
