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Bacon doesn't do anything wrong — and that certain truth applies to everything, including the blank canvas of bread. Here, Monica Bennett shows how, when combined, bacon, apples, and sage make for a killer sweet-salty bread pudding. Bread pudding is like a blank canvas. The sky is the limit as far as what you can add. This time I wanted something savory. I was craving bacon so into my bread Read more
Jchild needs our help! She recently asked the community about cast iron skillets: "I just bought my first cast iron pan and can't wait to start using it! How should I go about seasoning it? And after I use it, how do you clean it? I would love to have this pan for years to come but want to make sure I care for it properly. Any tips?" To season a cast iron pan, coat the bottom in cooking Read more
Under the headline "World's Easiest Dinner" in Esquire magazine, this recipe was impossible to ignore. Roast chicken is already one of the easiest hearty meals around, but cooking it in a cast-iron skillet makes it pretty much foolproof. From chef Linton Hopkins of Atlanta's Restaurant Eugene, this three-ingredient regimen renders a bird with golden-brown skin that's "juicy as hell." The recipe Read more
Source: Flickr User House Of Sims Do You Cook With a Cast Iron Skillet? Yes No I don't own one yet, but I want to get one. Read more
Due to our complex biology and Aunt Ruby's monthly visit, women need more iron than men. Adult women should aim for 18 milligrams of iron a day, and an easy way to boost your iron intake is to cook with a Read more
The gift-giving holidays are just around the corner and to spare you some of the last-minute shopping stress the Sugar sites are creating ever-helpful gift guides. Hopefully, we all have a healthy cook in our lives. Someone who can whip up an egg white omelette that not only tastes divine, but that is low cal and heart healthy. Here are a few ways to show some love to the healthy cook in your Read more
We've reached the light at the end of the Winter tunnel! It's March and that means Spring is just around the corner. With it comes longer days, green vegetables, and fun celebrations like St. Patrick's Day. It's also a time for cleaning out the old and bringing in the new. To help you make the most of the next 31 days, we've rounded up our five favorite things. Here are our must haves! Read more
We've always wanted to take a stab at rolling out a few Natchitoches meat pies. Thanks to an easy recipe from Food Orleans, this might be a dream realized sooner rather than later. [Baked or fried? You decide.] Natchitoches meat pies are one of those special little treats with a name as fun to say as they are to scarf down. Nackadish — that's how you say it — is a small town we drive through Read more
The secret to great cornbread is a well-seasoned and well-loved cast iron skillet. Also, bacon doesn't hurt. I consider myself a connoisseur of cornbread, and this decadent recipe from the cookbook Good Grits is a game changer. Speaking of games, it would make a great side for Super Bowl Sunday, especially if you're making chili. Southern chef Jim Shirley uses not only his grandma's recipe but Read more
Grilled cheese sandwiches are so hot right now! There are cookbooks devoted to them, contests that feature them, and food trucks that drive around making them. There are also restaurants that have entire grilled cheese menus! Last night I went to San Francisco's first grilled cheese eatery, The America Grilled Cheese Kitchen, for a demonstration hosted by Tillamook cheese. The event was a Read more
