I’m embarrassed about how easy it was to make this primitive-looking rustic cheddar/black pepper bread. I’m even more embarrassed about the method in which I’m going to share the not-recipe for it. My excuse is that I’m writing a book and I’m trying to learn to use InDesign in which to do it, […]
Recipes
Pie Lady Class at the John C Campbell Folk School
Sometimes the stars all line up and the electromagnetic vortex of life just falls into place … for example, last week at the JC Campbell Folk school where I had the great honor to teach A WHOLE ENTIRE WEEK of pie-making to a lovely group of ladies from all over the US. (Cooking […]
Apple cider caramel dumpling pie and sleeping under a frying pan
Today, we woke up to a 47 degree bedroom. Woohoo! It’s finally warming up after last week’s cold snap. It’s useless to heat the bedrooms at night in the uninsulated bulk of our 1880’s rustic house, so we just turn off the thermostat before snoozing, and then turn it way […]
Craftiness Attack! … and garlic herb salts
A few girlfreinds, a few bottles of wine, warm soup and fresh baked bread, dried herbs and garlic from my garden, my neighbor’s fragrant Haw Creek honey beeswax = a frantic, frenzied hot mess of creative cacaphony + fun. I was very organized to start … with stations set […]
Log Cabin Cooking & Music Open House/ Party … Yippee!!!!!
Log Cabin Cooking & Music Open House/Party Sunday, December 9th from 2:00-5:00 pm Wayne and I would love love love for you to come by and visit with us for some holiday cheer at our cozy vintage log teaching cabin on December 9th from 2-5. I’ll be serving up warm […]
Pie plate alert!
If you were a kid and you went to my grandmother, Maudie’s house in Salem, WV in the 1960s, you’d spend a fair amount of time on your back, on the floor, admiring the under-the-chair art gallery in her “front” room. You wouldn’t have a piece of pie with you, but there’s […]