Recipe for Pear Bread

Posted by T.C. Savage

September is a good month for pears which are part of the rose family and are related to apples. You can dry them, jam them, sauce them, and make them into delicious treats. This recipe for pear bread comes from the California Bed and Breakfast Cookbook and I don't see any reason to try to improve on it.

Recipe for Cherry Nut Bread

by T.C. Savage

Cherry season is in full swing. July is National Ice Cream month, so try some cherry ice cream! Or, you can make this cherry nut bread I developed. I picked cherries with Salem Harvest last year and had some left over after making jam, so I decided to create this bread recipe. You can eat this bread toasted with butter, or you can wrap each loaf in tinfoil and place in a plastic bag to freeze.

Simple recipe for Flour Tortillas

by T.C. Savage

February 24th is Tortilla Chip Day. Knowing that you can buy some nice chips in any store, I thought a good tortilla recipe might be useful in your celebrations. Maybe you can practice and be prepared for Cinco de Mayo!

Easy recipe for Potato Salad

by T.C. Savage

Well, summer has arrived and there are potlucks and picnics to attend. And what is more traditional than a good potato salad? This recipe was shared by a friend a long time ago and still is our favorite. I think you will enjoy how creamy it is.

Fruit Cocktail Crumble, a simple and delicious dessert

by T.C. Savage

May 13 is National Fruit Cocktail Day, so it seems appropriate to offer a recipe using the once-ubiquitous fruit blend. There are two men credited with creating fruit cocktail, out of a need to use fruit that wasn’t good enough for canning in halves, due to bruising and such. By chopping up the good parts of bruised fruit and mixing it with other fruits, you get fruit salad in a can. Pretty clever. This recipe was shared by my friend Laura.

Holiday Recipe: Irish Soda Bread on St. Patrick's Day

by T.C. Savage

Most of us know that St. Patrick’s Day is fast approaching. People have adopted this fun holiday, even when they aren’t Irish. So, on March 17th you could make some lamb stew or maybe you could just dye all your food green.  Irish Soda Bread goes well with any soup or stew and you could color it green, but it looks weird when you eat it and end up with green bread in your teeth, but, hey—it’s up to you.

Celebrating Food: Recipe for Sweet Corn Bread

by T.C. Savage

February 2011 has some fun food holidays. The 19th is National Chocolate Mint Day and it’s pretty easy to celebrate by sharing your favorite chocolate mint candies, brownies or ice cream. Saturday, February 20th is National Clam Chowder Day.