RECIPE: Minted Pea Soup For Spring

[1] Minted pea soup from John Woodhouse (recipe below; photos #1 and #2 courtesy John Woodhouse). [2] Fresh spring peas give a flavor to the soup that frozen peas cannot. [3] You can use half-and-half or heavy cream. See the footnote below (†) for the difference between half-and-half, light cream and heavy cream (photo courtesy…
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FOOD FUN: Top Your Burger With Chicken Skins

We have no plans to be anywhere near Hilton Head Island, alas. But if we could get there, we’d head to Lucky Rooster Kitchen And Bar for their Blanco Burger (photo #1). Fried chicken skins were on the bar-snack menu when a customer thought he spotted chicken skins atop a burger. He was mistaken, but…
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What’s A Cobbler, National Cherry Cobbler Day & A Cherry Cobbler Recipe

[1] Why is it called a cobbler? The top looks like cobblestones! This cobbler is made in a Le Creuset gratin dish, available at Williams-Sonoma (photo © Williams Sonoma). [2] You can bake individual cobblers (photo © USA Cherries). [3] The recipe for this cherry cobbler is below (photo and recipe © Taste Of Home).…
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