Part-time Author, Full-Time Foodie
N. R. Brown
My dad loved peanut butter. It was his favorite ice cream, cookie, pie, and bar…my mother knew this, so we often had peanut butter things laying around specifically to make him happy. This recipe was one of my favorites. It must have been my dad’s too, because every time I went home there were a …
I grew up in an Italian neighborhood — so my formative tastebud years were filled with red sauce and almond cookies. To this day when I go to bakeries around DC I am befuddled by what is and isn’t there. It isn’t until I get to Philly that I start getting back to the old …
So, this dip will sound familiar to a lot of you — but I love the fact that my mom included this with her recipes and named it after my dad. My dad LOVED his Kansas City Chiefs, although (in the words of HIS dad), “Those Chiefs can’t play no damn football.” — usually uttered …
It’s full on winter, and I’m nesting during this cold snap. My favorite (and very easy thing to make) during the dark of this season is CHILI! It is warm, versatile, and delicious. Also, you can add chili to a ton of other things to give them a kick. I’m sure everyone has a favorite …
(Today, we get to hear from my best friend, Meriah — this blue cheese dip is something I ask her to make EVERY time she comes to visit. I adore it, and I am not a huge fan of Blue Cheese!! Give it a try.) One of the great things about blue cheese dip is …
My favorite breakfast as a child was biscuits and gravy, but let’s be honest — it wasn’t the gravy I was in love with. It was the biscuits, especially the tops. I would always save the tops of the biscuits for jam or even better honey butter. My grandmother, in her later years, would use …
I’m bacccccck! I’ve been gone for a while (like almost a year, omg!) — but I spent my time getting ready for this coming year. The year of mom. You may not know, but my mom died late 2018 — she was a good cook (she and I both suck at pie crust, but everyone …
Sometimes you do it all right, and it is still wrong… As you know, I’m not the perfect home cook…the Great British Bake Off wouldn’t want me, trust me! BUT I still try those recipes that everyone thinks of as iconic and difficult, because OMG why not? Life is short and I might be able …
Some times you come across something that makes everything else pale in comparison…sometimes, the world is a brighter place for having had something in it… For me, that is my mom’s hot fudge. The entire family loves it. The grandkids have been known to call grandma and ask for a jar of their very on …
I’m not always about shortcuts…but some days, guys – some days you look at flour and sugar and think, “That is too damn much work!” AND IT IS. I was having one of those days the other weekend, but we had guests coming! Why, oh why, do these days have to come calling when friends …