Entrees, Fall, Food

Salmon Chowder

My friend Lorraine Wallace is a great cook – so good, in fact, that she has two cookbooks to her name, and a third one coming out next year. Her first cookbook, Mr. Sunday’s Soups, refers to her family tradition of making soups on Sundays to accommodate her family member’s busy schedules. Her husband, Chris Wallace, has been the anchor of Fox News Sunday since 2003, and after grilling Washington bigwigs at an early hour on Sundays, he would come […]

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Product for Sale?

How can I buy your product? I’m getting lots of questions about how to buy my “product.”  I don’t have an apple orchard and I’m not selling anything.  I just like to share some of the things I’ve learned about cooking and manners and entertaining.  But all these requests are certainly flattering!  I’d like to write a cookbook someday, and maybe then I’ll have a product. If I did sell food products, I would want them to be organic and […]

Dessert, Fall, Food

The Blunt Family’s Peanut Butter Cookies

My mind has been on simple American treats lately, maybe because Halloween is looming, and memories of anticipating the sweets of the holiday linger long after childhood is gone. Peanut butter cookies are another iconic American treat, like the brownie. They are the ubiquitous after-school, post-soccer practice, bake sale, scout meeting, church circle, Halloween party cookie, baked in a flash and brought for others to enjoy. Today’s recipe comes from the Blunt family in Missouri. The Blunts have made a […]