I love this time of year. All the tomatoes are ripe and everyone has too many of them. I’m very fortunate that someone always passes along some tomatoes to me. This year a friend of my mothers passed along an entire bushel of tomatoes. I ended up canning…
I mentioned in Wednesday’s “Bean and Bacon” post that dry beans are some of my favorite ingredients to work with. Growing up we didn’t always have a lot of money. My mother learned from her mother, who learned from her mother, how to make a bag of…
After our recent trip to Niagara Falls and visiting the Pepper Palace I couldn’t wait to get home and start creating some dishes to use the ‘Canadian Heat’ hot sauce on. The minute we got home I took some steaks out of the freezer. I do cook…
Fall is my favorite time of year. Dry beans are some of my favorite ingredients to work with. I enjoy the whole bean process. Taking a bag of dry beans, sorting out the bad apples if you happen to catch a few, and then letting them soak…
While the hubs and I were roaming around Niagara Falls we stumbled upon this spectacular place inside this little shopping center attached to the casino. The only reason I am giving The Pepper Place a shout-out is because the owner, Chris Horton, went above and beyond his job…