the meaning of pie

Betty’s Buttermilk Pie

Kelly — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:30:12 +0000

I have wanted to make this very pie for ages. My aunt Betty provided a similar pie recipe for our family cookbook several years ago. It seemed a perfect fit for me and tried it. This was before I had baked many pies and I undercooked it. I was worried about leaving it in ...click to continue Betty’s Buttermilk Pie

Kheema Masala

Kelly — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:35:51 +0000

I love wading into uncharted waters (for me anyway). But, I hate to write about foreign cultures and foods about which I have little understanding. And, though I am wary writing about it, I absolutely love to eat new things. Which means that eventually I will try to write about it, and I beg ...click to continue Kheema Masala

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Casserole with Tomatillo Cream Sauce

Kelly — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:30:55 +0000

This is about as close as I get to a vegetarian dish. And if you have the notion that meatless meals will leave you hungering for more, think again. This casserole is dense and satisfying.

Cumin and cinnamon are very aromatic. A little bit goes a long way here and give the sweet potatoes ...click to continue Sweet Potato and Black Bean Casserole with Tomatillo Cream Sauce

Lemon Thyme Glazed Cookies

Kelly — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:32:03 +0000

Great friends make for great baking. I had in my mind that I was going to make glazed lemon cookies no matter what. While I was dreaming up the recipe and doing research, I happened to try to fit in a little multi-tasking (rarely a good thing while baking, actually). I called my friend, ...click to continue Lemon Thyme Glazed Cookies

Smoky Pecans and Cashews with Bacon

Kelly — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:10:03 +0000

Don’t ever say that there is nothing worth reading in airline magazines. My sister-in-law Valerie clipped a recipe out of the Southwest Airlines magazine, Spirit, last year and this recipe was born of it. The original recipe is for cashews only, but you know I can’t resist throwing pecans into ...click to continue Smoky Pecans and Cashews with Bacon

Grilled Naan

Kelly — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:30:40 +0000

I love baking all kinds of bread. It makes me so happy. It is simple and couldn’t be more basic, but at the same time seems like magic when it works.

Naan is a type of flat but leavened bread of Middle Eastern (some would say Indian) origin. I like it for all purposes, ...click to continue Grilled Naan

Homemade Hot Chocolate

Kelly — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:30:22 +0000

This is my wish for cold weather. I feel bad asking for it as today was sunny and beautiful. But, I need a little of it to reset my clock, if you will. There is a perfectly serviceable recipe for hot chocolate on the box of Hershey’s Cocoa. But this is in a whole ...click to continue Homemade Hot Chocolate

National Pie Day Pie Buffet

Kelly — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:30:41 +0000

It is National Pie Day! I prefer 3.14, also known as March 14th as Pi Day, but nobody asked me. So, since I’m still trying to think up my next pie project, I decided to give you an entire buffet of pies to look at. I really like the idea of a pie buffet. Here ...click to continue National Pie Day Pie Buffet

Birdseed Pie

Kelly — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:31:25 +0000

This is not exactly a pie. And, it isn’t birdseed, either. But that is the name that jumped out at me and I couldn’t shake it loose, so here we are. It does look exactly like birdseed, and it is in a pie dish. Good enough for me.

Also, this isn’t a perfect recipe. ...click to continue Birdseed Pie

New Orleans :: Eat, Drink & Be Merry

Kelly — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:30:19 +0000

A happy habit has developed in my family. In January, my sister-in-law Valerie, who lives in Fairfax, California, has gone as long as she can possibly stand not seeing my incredible children. At that exact same celestial moment, I have gone as long as I can possibly stand without a small break from seeing ...click to continue New Orleans :: Eat, Drink & Be Merry

Chocolate Lingering Cake

Kelly — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:30:21 +0000

This is a small cake with brownie-like qualities. I wouldn’t stand for a brownie with cake-like qualities, mind you. That would be out of the question for me. But this is definitely a cake, best served within 30 minutes of coming out of the oven and with a heaping scoop of ice cream or ...click to continue Chocolate Lingering Cake

Oaxacadillas

Kelly — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:45:47 +0000

Oaxaca (wa-ha-ka) is a state in Southwestern Mexico. Oaxaca cheese is cow’s milk cheese that is a little salty, a little stringy, mild, and it melts into a silky white lava that is a great foundation for a million dishes. To my knowledge there is not actually anything in the world known as an ...click to continue Oaxacadillas

Will’s Texas Hash Brown Casserole

Kelly — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:30:41 +0000

Everyone who knows about these potatoes calls them Texas Hash Browns or something of that nature. I call them Will’s potatoes, because it was my brother, Will, who first made them for me waaaaaay back when we were in college at SMU. A girlfriend of a friend of Will’s had made them for the ...click to continue Will’s Texas Hash Brown Casserole

Roasted Beet & Pickled Red Onion Salad

Kelly — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:46:29 +0000

This is a beet salad. This is not a salad which, incidentally, contains some beets. If you do not like beets, you are not going to like this salad. I say this because I find that people are rarely luke-warm on the issue of beets. One either loves them or hates them. I fall ...click to continue Roasted Beet & Pickled Red Onion Salad

Prosperity Salad

Kelly — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:30:53 +0000

I created this salad because I desperately needed something crunchy, green-ish and vegetable based after the holiday onslaught. How many pies have I made in the last 6 weeks? Don’t ask.

Suffice to say, I’m looking forward to a fresh start, food wise. And my mind has turned to salads. It is like tasty, ...click to continue Prosperity Salad