I Love Honey, Do You?

Honey is said to be the nectar of the gods – golden, sweet and perfect. Honey is also one of those things I wonder about. I mean, what ever possessed someone to harvest honey from a bunch of swarming bees? There are cave painting in Spain depicting people foraging for honey more than 8,000 years ago.

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Let the Men in the Kitchen

Today is the first Thursday of November. That means, in addition to being Chinese Take Out Day (November 5) the first Thursday in November is also National Men Make Dinner Day. How could I pass that up?

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Buttermilk Cheddar Bay Biscuits

Biscuits, unlike leavened breads, use baking powder or baking soda as the leavening agent rather than yeast. The “rise” is quick, achieved in the oven rather than the long wait of traditional breads, which explains why biscuits are often referred to as “quick breads”. The beaten and folded dough of biscuits incorporates air, and the air, along with the gases of baking powders or sodas, expands while baking, causing the biscuit to rise.

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Farmhouse Buttermilk Biscuits

It’s Sunday morning, and I have been up before the dawn. Sipping yet another piping hot cup of freshly pressed Almond Coffee, I’m chatting with Kiddo while searching through my collection of breakfast recipes. This is no ordinary Sunday. It’s football season. That means Green Bay at New England and Sunday dinner wolfed down in front of the big screen TV.

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