~ adapted from Paula Deen ~Freshly squeeze 12 lemons.Strain the juice free of seeds and lemon particles.Heat to dissolve 2 cups sugar in 1 cup water.  Stir sugar-water into the juice.Pour over ice. … [Read more...]

Uncle Wilson's Grilled Onions~ adapted from Trisha Yearwood ~[Cooking with Son]Peel, core, and shallow centers of Georgia Vidalia onions.  Cut slits around circumference of onions.Place 1 teaspoon butter in each center; wrap 2 slices smoked bacon around the rims.  Salt and pepper.Wrap separately in aluminum foil; leave a small opening at the tops for releasing … [Read more...]

~ Skirt in the Kitchen ~Cover half of a whole chicken with cold water in a heavy pot or Dutch oven.  Sliver 1 small yellow onion, dropping pieces of it into the water as you go, making them thinner than thin.  Add salt, Worcestershire black pepper, and whole mustard seed.  Cook to a boil, cover and simmer until chicken is thoroughly done.  Remove the chicken … [Read more...]

This pizza dough recipe will make 3 to 4 pizzas, taken from the cookbook, My Father's Daughter by Gwyneth Paltrow--Whisk together 3/4 cup warm water, 2 tablespoons sugar, and active dry yeast of 3 packages or 2 tablespoons plus 1/4 teaspoon.  Let it bloom, approximately 5 minutes.  Then add 1 1/2 cups warm water, 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, 1 1/2 tablespoons extra … [Read more...]

~ Skirt in the Kitchen ~Gather petals that are pesticide-free, fill into a pint jar...Choose any kind, a variation, edible; pretty to have...  Pour in the honey, half-fill.Pick rose hips or purchase them from a health foods store, but get them...crush them--Add them into the jar with petals and honey.Cut a fresh sprig of lavender.Stand sprig in the center.Heat honey to … [Read more...]