A refreshing healthy dessert. ...more

June 15, 2009

Last week, we ran a request by Mary Stallard of Tampa for a canned tomato jam she and her mother were craving. The jam, which Stallard's grandmother made years ago, includes tomato, sugar and a slice of lemon on top. ...more

January 11, 2009

What is the difference between chili and chili con carne? Basically, chili is made of beans in a tomato-and-pepper sauce. The term "con carne" is Spanish for "with meat." So chili con carne should contain ground meat or chunks of meat, too. ...more

July 23, 2008

When my daughter Leslie was 10, she clipped a torta recipe out of a magazine and included it with some others she thought I should try. ...more

July 23, 2008

When my daughter Leslie was 10, she clipped a torta recipe out of a magazine and included it with some others she thought I should try. ...more

July 22, 2008

During the holidays, I read where a Lake Placid lady won a prize on the subject of fruitcakes, sponsored by the Tampa Tribune. My belated congratulations to the lady. I was somewhat dismayed by the number of negative comments I read from some of the contestants regarding fruitcakes. I would much rather emphasize those things we have in common, rather than those which tend to divide us. There comes a time, however, when a man must step out of the shadows and let his feelings be known, and stand up for his beliefs. Is this not the American way? My friends, there is a vast left-wing conspiracy out there, whose goal is to ridicule something we hold dear; the American fruitcake. For years, the noble fruitcake has been maligned by those "Elitist Snobs" on the left. ...more

January 19, 2008