Watermelon Pie for the Fourth of July
I often get asked what kind of pie to make for holidays. I imagine that a lot of people are making apple pies for Independence Day. While I am all for apple pie, I have taken a stand against it being called the most American pie. It is not. Nor is watermelon. But it’s the season for watermelon here in Virginia and watermelon pie is so easy to make. Fresh watermelon is a summertime treat throughout the South. Many of us still grow the melons in our gardens, even though you can get them...
Read MoreKiller Hobbies and Me
Today, I am a guest blogger at Killer Hobbies, a blog written by several “craft” mystery writers. Joanna Campbell Slan invited me to blog about pie and I couldn’t resist, even though I’ve moved on to writing mysteries. Pie will always be a huge part of my life, of course. And I am always willing to share. Joanna has written quite a few scrapbooking mysteries herself. (Check out my interview with her here. ) She’s warmly welcomed me into the mystery writing...
Read MoreInterested in Writing Restaurant Cookbooks?
There’s wonderful Restaurant Management article today written by Sandra Beckwith. I’m just one of many people interviewed for the article. Check it out here.
Read MoreDreams. Recipes. Life. My Grandmother’s Recipe Book.
I come from a long line of savers. Sometimes I curse them for all the things they’ve left behind for me to sort through from time to time, other times I feel incredibly blessed. One tattered blessing is a brown notebook brimming with recipes cut out of magazines and newspapers pasted on the pages, along with recipes written in my grandmother’s handwriting. Some of the clippings are from the 1930s. This was when she first married, had a whole married life ahead of her, and was dreaming...
Read MoreFive thing I thought about during my morning run:
1. Hey, I think that’s Christy, wearing a yellow shirt. Just like I am. 2. Sometimes when I run, it’s barely a run. I am slogging. But today, I was able to speed up a bit and I tried to concentrate on lengthening my stride. 3. The woman with the Coonhunt Club t-shirt. Why would you hunt raccoons? Fur? Meat? I can’t imagine. 4. O, I’m going to eat at Stone Soup today. Always a treat. But today, it will be even more of a treat. I meeting with Deborah, who I met at the...
Read MoreRed Velvet Lovey-Dovey Pie for Valentine’s Day
Red velvet is special in the Bryan house. Last year, I made my first red velvet cake from scratch for my husband of now nearly 20 years. Red velvet cake is his favorite. We’ve bought so many of them over the years for him that I really had no idea what a homemade red velvet cake would taste like. He asked for a homemade cake and that is what he got. Quite happily. Of course, the cake was so much tastier. And I fell in love with the process and idea of making cake. But pie is more a part of my...
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