Sweet and Salty Nuts

These party pleasers are also mouth-watering tossed over a warm salad, casserole, or roasted vegetable dish.

Pumpkin Cake With Browned Butter Icing

The browned butter icing is a delicious way to top this great fall cake, but feel free to use your favorite cream cheese icing or, if you're pressed for time, use a purchased frosting.

Irish Potatoe Candy

Small, no-bake cookies that look like potatoes. It's fast and easy.

Chicken Stew with Olives and Lemon

Boned, skinned chicken thighs are just as convenient as breasts, and they have an added advantage: Their succulent texture and robust flavor stand up well to braising. Add the flavors of Italian salsa verde--bright parsley, tart lemon, piquant capers, and green olives--for a fresh, fast twist on col...

How to Make Pumpkin Pie Straight from the Pumpkin

Have you ever wanted to make pumpkin pie straight from a pumpkin, rather than from a can? Here's how to turn a fresh pumpkin into a delicious pie. It's easy, fun, tasty and probably cheaper.

Homemade Soft Pretzels

Those delicious homemade pretzels you could never make so good, until now!

Delicious Pumpkin Bread

A tender, cake-like bread that is a hit especially around the holidays. You will need 1 to 5 mini-loaf pans (5-3/4 in. x 3 in. x 2 in.)

Oven-Fried Pork Chops

Delicious, easy to make pork chops. You will need a 13x9x2-inch baking pan.

Breakfast Burrito

This recipe is quick, easy to make, and good if you are in a hurry!

Irish Beef Stew Recipe

based on a Bon Appetit recipe, with the main difference being the substitution of Guinness and excellent red wine for some of the beef stock the recipe called for. As I suspected, the addition of Guinness and red wine makes all the difference.