Spinach Cheddar Potato Pie
“My England money.” That’s what my five-year-old niece calls the handful of pence my husband and I brought back for her from a trip across the pond last month. She loves seeing the images of the queen on the coins and…
Rebecca Talbot
Southwest Egg and Jalapeno Cheddar Casserole
There are two styles of recipes. There’s the kind you follow with absolute precision. You go out and buy the special ingredients they require. Maybe an unfamiliar cut of beef, or some fresh herbs and fancy olives. You measure out…
Cheddar-Bruschetta “Irish” Pizza for St. Patrick’s Day
My husband has very strict definitions of what counts as pizza. He questions the notion of a “dessert pizza” because, to him, pizza must have tomatoes and cheese. In fact, such an intense debate once arose among our group of…
Chimichangas with Jalapeño Cheddar and Smoked Colby
In the first year after I got married, I had to build up a recipe collection. I had cooked now and then during high school, and had somehow managed to feed myself when I moved into my first apartment after…
Bacon Cheddar Mac ‘n’ Cheese
Early this morning, I watched the sky turn as red and dappled as a Gala apple. Yesterday my mother warned me about a coming ice storm, and now the sky foreshadowed it, too. I had cancelled today’s plans based on my…
Whoa, Nelly! This Corn Dip is Amazing.
Imagine a summer supper in southeast Pennsylvania. The smell of fresh-cut hay wafts up to the screened-in porch. Light begins to fade into a hazy orange. Fireflies pulse. What’s a night like this like without corn on the cob? Would the…
Easy Cheesy Flavorful Chicken
It’s not just your imagination. Studies have shown that time really does feel like it is flying by as we get older. Some have thought that this is because, when we’re kids, our hearts beat more quickly, and this functions as…
Cheddar, Apple & Pepper Jelly Toasts As An Easy Appetizer
I’ll make a really easy blog recipe this month, I told myself. A quick appetizer you can throw together in about five minutes. So that’s what we have this month. These cheddar, apple and pepper jelly toasts really are so…
Pear-Cheddar Galette
Pears fell from heaven during my childhood. Okay, well, not quite. But they did fall from several trees in my family’s front yard. When my family purchased the property, the fruit trees were aged and unkempt, but they still produced…
Smoked Colby with Sugar Plum Chutney
It’s been a strange, difficult harvest for local farmers this year. A sudden April freeze punctuated an otherwise mild winter and knocked out many local cherries and apricots. But plums survived. And after pairing this Sugar Plum Chutney with Conebella’s Smoked Colby,…