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Jacky H’s Hot Pheasant Sandwich

Break out some pheasant breasts and raid the spice rack for this play on Hattie B’s hot chicken sandwich Perhaps you’ve heard of Hattie B’s Hot Chicken. Try it once, and you’re addicted. I visited their main location in Nashville Midtown a couple of weeks ago during a work event, when friend and coworker James Lawson insisted we dine there for lunch. I don’t travel often for work, but when I do, I am usually lucky enough to be introduced to some iconic dish. Months ago, it was a mole, which naturally, I had to come home and recreate it with something wild. With this hot pheasant, the same as Hattie B’s Hot Chicken, two main components make this special: the double-breaded,...

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Got Blood Oranges? Bake a Cake!

Blood oranges on your hands? Don’t know what to do with them? Make a unique blood orange cake that tastes as good as it looks!   My friend, Gail, frequently drops by with beautiful citrus from her trees. She is like a reverse porch-pirate, dropping off bags of blood oranges, as she did recently! I later find this treasure by my front door, and am delighted to be able to use them in a cookie recipe, to juice them and eat them as they are! As I’ve done in the past, I used my Sicilian whole orange cake recipe with Gail’s blood oranges instead of navel oranges. The color is absolutely stunning, and the addition of slightly candied orange slices...

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10 Best Stainless-Steel Kitchen Sinks – Add a Modern Look to Your Kitchen (Spring 2022)

Perhaps one of the essential areas in a kitchen, the sink is an everyday product which we often take for granted when we move into a home to find it already installed and working capably. However, for those people that are changing their kitchen workspace, working on a home construction project, or just want to replace their current scratched, damaged, and worn out looking sink, the best stainless-steel kitchen sink can not only offer a practical element to this room but also a visual focal point, if you get the right design for your countertop. This extensive review looks at no less than ten of the best-rated stainless-steel kitchen sinks on the market. Focusing on features we consider the most...

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Garlic and Herb-Rubbed Standing Pork Rib Roast + Château Laulerie Bergerac Rosé 2020 #Winophiles

This month the French Winophiles are looking at wines from the Southwest of France. Linda of My Full Wine Glass is hosting. She suggested: "Bergerac, Cahors, Gaillac, Irouléguy, Jurançon, Madiran - these are among the regions located in southwest France. If you've already written about one of these regions, why not choose another?"If you are reading this early enough, feel free to join our live Twitter chat on Saturday, May 21st at 8am Pacific. Follow the hashtag #Winophiles; be sure to add that to anything you tweet so we can see it. Here are the articles for the theme... Camilla at Culinary Adventures with Camilla: Garlic and Herb-Rubbed Standing Pork Rib Roast + Château Laulerie Bergerac Rosé 2020   Robin at Crushed...

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Nanny’s Molasses Cookies (small batch)

  I love, Love, LOVE molasses cookies.  I have never met a molasses cookie that I haven't immediately fell in love with.  There is something about the combination ginger and molasses that just warms the heart.Of course my first loves are my own grandmother's molasses cookies.  You can find that recipe here. Soft and pillow-like, they have been pleasing my family for generations!    I have very fond memories of helping my grandmother to roll them out on her  countertop, cutting them and baking them when I was four years old.  My grandmother was suffering from cancer at the time and did not live much longer than that. I do not know how she mustered the strength to bake cookies with...

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