Gracious Living

I was sent this recipe from McCormick.....It's wonderful! :D  This cheerful double layer cheesecake is an indulgent new take on the trad...

For the past 25 years, my husband & I have had discussions about what's for dinner.  Haven't we all? "What's for dinn...

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Keeper of the Home : A Year of Herbs: Ginger Oh, the wonderful things for which you can use Ginger! I'm so glad I saved mine. :)

Well, it finally happened.  I'm giving up soda.  I was well on my way to phasing out drinking sodas altogether when Pepsi reintroduced t...

This recipe is adapted from a Southern Living magazine (@1986?).  My family went crazy over it! 3 1/4 Cup all-purpose flour 2 1/4 Cup sug...

Ginger - Culinary Uses, Preserving, Storing Nutrition My daughter used a stir fry recipe tonight that called for fresh ginger; not knowin...

Miss Jen at Blessed Femina reminded us that January is National Tea Month. What better way to calm and warm us. Thank you, Jen! When...

Pumpkin Pie Georgia Mae Smith 1879-1958 3 eggs, beaten 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 Tablespoon all-purpo...

Want to know all about the baking soda you just used in your biscuit recipe? Click on the above link for the answers. You might be surpris...

I have always had a deep desire to be a good cook, but unlike Julia Child, I have never had access to cooking lessons in Paris. When I was...

When my husband and I were engaged, he asked me if I knew how to make biscuits. At the time, I thought it was a silly question....you just ...

I have always wanted a butter mold but never seriously looked for one. While pausing at the dairy case at the grocery store l...

For years, my mother-in-law made sourdough bread every week. I know white bread isn't exactly health food, but it was something we al...

I am woefully behind in teaching our daughter everything she needs to know about cooking. She knows a lot about cookies and cakes, but no...

"[I am] a hardened and shameless tea drinker, who for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of the fascinating plant; w...

Last night's dinner was a failure, so for next week's fish night it will be something more familiar for us. I'm just at a loss ...