Parish and I love cooking together when the timing is right and we have a good recipe. Now, we have a lot of banter going on in the kitchen. If you know our personalities, you know what I’m talking about. No matter your communication patterns and ways in the kitchen, we would encourage you to…

Betty Crocker Peanut Butter Cookies My sister-in-law, Marie, received a cookbook when her and Harvey were married many years ago from a bridal shower that Inez, Patsy, and Carole Landrum gave them. Just writing those names on my blog makes me smile. Two of them have gone to be with the Lord. They were strong…

My husband makes the best smoked salmon. This recipe is his favorite, and he will use variations of ingredients from other recipes from Steven Raichlen. The book was given to Parish from my dad many years ago. Thank you dad for being the inspiration of Parish’s gift of cooking and grilling! Ingredients You can use…

Since being on quarantine, my personal chef, Parish, has had another kitchen helper to invade his space. I’ve cooked some pretty amazing meals from whatever we’ve had available. That’s my gift–resourceful and don’t over think it. He is more the “follow a recipe chef”. Who does that? So for this recipe, you’ll have to go…