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A slice of Ginger Pear Pie is served on a small plate with the cut pie in the background.
Dessert

A Little Pear Pie

This rustic pie combines just a few ripe pears with brown sugar and candied ginger to create a luscious small dessert. A little Ginger Pear Pie provides for 4 to 6 servings. It’s usually just enough to share with my children, or another couple, while fresh from the oven and still warm.

Main Dish

Roasted Chicken with Olives and Thyme

This dish is wonderfully fragrant. Salty olives, sweet honey and aromatic herbs satisfy the senses. Served with rice and a salad of fresh tomatoes and arugula, Roasted Chicken with Olives and Thyme makes a wonderful dinner for family or guests. Savory Chicken and Olives When the weather begins to cool […]

Candied Bourbon Bacon Bites served on a wood tray.
Appetizers

Candied Bourbon Bacon Bites

To a Kentucky girl with a heart for traditional Kentucky flavors, this recipe for Candied Bourbon Bacon Bites stands out as both special and uncomplicated. In fact it uses only three ingredients most Kentucky cooks are likely to have on hand: bacon, brown sugar and bourbon.

Main Dish, Vegetables

Lime Green Beans with Brown Sugar Tofu

This little recipe I pulled from the September issue of Sunset magazine has quickly become a favorite at my table. It takes beautiful green beans fresh from the market, adds a little seasoning and sliced shallots, brightens the flavor with lime juice and fills out the nutritional content with pan-fried […]

Bourbon Spiced Peaches arranged in a cinnamon sugar baked tortilla shell topped with whipped cream
Dessert

Peach Bourbon Toss

Bourbon and brown sugar add warm tones and a splash of complexity to the flavor of fresh peaches served in crispy Cinnamon Sugar Tortilla shells. Add a good sized dollop of Old-Timey Whipped Cream for the perfect complement to these Bourbon Spiced Peaches.