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Sunday Dinner- Springdell Winter Pantry Pasta Sauce

So yesterday, my fellow blogger Sarah failed to mention during her short and sweet post that she graduated from the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts! Not only did she receive her chef’s hat yesterday, but she also received two awards for having the highest marks!  She is clearly destined for […]


Cook it slowly til it’s brown and sweet….. 2

That’s right my Springdell friends, today we caramelize.  Adding heat to fruit and veggies brings out the natural sugars and carbohydrates within and the browning of those sugars is called caramelization.  They become a beautiful deep brown with a sweet taste to them.  The key to this is that they […]


Nana’s Cabbage Rolls 3

I had the luxury of spending the weekend with my 87 year-old grandmother, Mary.  This woman is the queen of all things cabbage!  The daughter of two Russian immigrants, her traditional family recipes include cabbage soup, galuska, creamed cabbage, and our topic of discussion today, the almighty cabbage roll.  As […]