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  • Spanish Rice, passed down from Mom

    Tuesday, June 21, 2016 Spanish Rice, the way Barbara Ham Stephens made it!  It’s funny: I never think of making this for anyone unless I’m missing Mom. I make it for Dad when I visit, usually. I make it when asked. But my kids don’t know much about it because I make it more for Read more

  • Pumpkin Bars and Cream cheese Icing, from scratch – The work of Barbara Stephens, passed down.

    Saturday, October 19, 2013 It’s fall, 2013. The day dawned chilly with a promise of sunshine to come later in the day. Maybe…Meanwhile, I pulled down mom’s recipes, determined to bake from the original version of my mother’s pumpkin bars. Yes, her recipe is much like any found on the web, these days. Here’s the Read more

  • Spaetzle anyone?

    Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Have you eaten spaetzle yet? If not, I am recommmending it!! I first found this wonderful pasta/noodle extraordinaire in Germany. Or was it in Austria that I first ate this interesting noodle with its crooked looks and awesome texture? I am not sure about the very first bite, because once I Read more

  • Yummy southern style Chicken Salad: a Crumpler/King-Ham-Stephens-Randall hand me down recipe

    Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Ompfhgd… which means, ” Hello food fans, OMG this is GOOD, ” while my mouth is full. I just made southern style chicken salad, reminiscent of Meme and Aunt Stay’s, from days gone by. It was soooo good, that I sat right down, found my old foodie blog and am now sharing the Read more

  • Julie and Julia

    Friday, August 7, 2009 Today I saw the movie “Julie and Julia” with a fellow cooking friend. We loved it, and both laughed heartily and are now ready to cook and eat heartily. Really, the movie makes you hungry, and as a perpetual foodie who is also always weight conscious, this creates a true delimna. Read more

  • Can you say “cookie please?” Everything Cookies: when chocolate chip meets oatmeal

    Monday, May 25, 2009 I love to bake! Cookies are the way to say ‘I love you’ or You are special, to anyone! My kids grew up helping me make cookies and today, they are both budding chefs: Steve is making his mark on the ‘global market’. He likes to make omelets, gyros, greek salads, Read more

  • Swiss Steak with peppers and onions

    Thursday, March 26, 2009 Today is my mother, Barbara Ham Stephen’s, birthday. She would be 73 today, but she died from lung cancer at 66, Aug. 17, 2002. I woke up thinking about this today so I thought it would be a fitting tribute to her, to write about one of her famous main dishes: Read more

  • The Creole Shrimp Story and recipe

    Saturday, March 21, 2009 It was more than a dozen years ago that Terry and I last visited New Orleans. We went for T’s PT conference and I love to tag along. My parents came to OK to watch Allie and Steve, who were about 3 and 7 years old. They agreed to stay 6 Read more