Christy Cooks!

First things first. Since there were soooo many responses to my last giveaway it was really hard to pick a winner. My hand started cramping from writing down all the names and tossing them in the hat. **Silence** Hello! Anyone there? Tap tap. This thing...

I've never been a big bread dressing fan. There are bags and bags of the stuff that sell like hotcakes near Thanksgiving and Christmas. But I'm a purist when it comes to that kind of thing. I like made from scratch cornbread dressing. That bagged...

If you've ever had goulash as a kid you probably remember the ground beef, tomato sauce and elbow noodles that are the basics of this dish. It was one of my favorite recipes and one of the easiest one for my mom to prepare. This version is updated...

Recently I purchased some Water Ground Plain White Fine Ground Corn Meal made by Buffaloe Milling Co. Inc in Kittrell, Nc . Unbeknownst (who talks like that anymore?) to me, it had some........passengers taging along inside the bag. I'm sure they...

4 1/2 tsp active dry yeast (2 whole packets) 2 tsp sugar 2 cup warm water (105-115 degrees) 2 tbls olive oil 2 Tblsp salt 3-5 cups Bread Flour Pour yeast, sugar and warm water in mixing bowl of a stand mixer. Allow to sit and bloom for 5 minutes. Add...

I am such a slacker. I look forward to the 1st of every month just to see what the Daring Bakers challenge is going to be for that month. Then I keep putting off making it until I have a reason to do it. In other words, someone to give it to. You see...

Ok, so I know that having chili in the middle of summer is like having Christmas in July. But there are times when the hankerin hits and you just gotta have it. Like having roasted turkey in May. An uncontrollable urge that has to be satiated. So on a...

Piece Montée, which literally means “mounted piece” is the traditional wedding cake in France. It is a dessert piece made out of Pate a Choux, filled, dipped in chocolate, stacked then bound and decorated using threads of caramel. It is usually attached...

When I got my May issue of Food and Wine magazine this month I knew I had to make the Grilled Chicken Tacos. The picture of them was so enticing, as were many others, that I turned to find the recipe immediately. I was also excited to see that I already...

Arancini di Riso Sounds exotic and flavorful doesn't it? It loosely means fried rice balls. The name comes from the Italian word for orange (arancia) which is roughly the color and shape of these delicious goodies . (Thank you Wikipedia) Well you...

There is a pie contest coming up here in my small town. I harbor no illusions that I am a great pie afficionado. Pie crust has always been the bain of my baking experience. Too dry. Too tough. Too hard to work with. Yada yada yada. However, I recently...

As everyone in this country knows, the pollen levels have been off the charts. Here in Central Virginia a high pollen count is, like 250-500 per cubic meter. On April 7th it was 3,780! Just a leeetttle high. Which would explain why everyone in my family...

So what do you get when you take this... ...and mix it with this? You get, well, this. Chocolate Rice Krispies. Now there are many things you can do with this mixture. But taking my cue from Mowielicious I made bird nests out of them. I added a few of...

This has been another busy month. Something every weekend. But I was happy to take the time to make this months challenge. It had a refreshing citrus flavor and interesting textures. And all, but one, of the components can be made ahead of time so you're...

Have you ever seen one of these? It is a refillable motion sensor soap pump. And I have one. It sets on the counter at the back of my kitchen sink and I use it, like, a bazillion times a day. It's sold by a company called Simplehuman . My loving husband...