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This dessert is easy to make, and the layers of chocolate and vanilla are beautiful.

This is a banana-pineapple quick bread baked in a tube pan.

Great Thanksgiving or Christmas starter soup. Make it your own by adding a dash of nutmeg or other seasonal spice.

This nut loaf is all nuts. I have never met anyone who didn’t like it - except for a few nuts!

Jalapeno and bell peppers make up this tangy green jelly that is traditionally served on crackers with cream cheese.

There are fennel seeds sprinkled into the nippy tarragon/mustard vinaigrette, and slivers of raw fennel mixed in with the tomatoes and watercress in this salad.

Great dessert for after a big Thanksgiving dinner. This cake is light, and very good!!

There’s an upcoming Flying Dog beer dinner on July 24th at the Columbia location of The Flying Saucer. It looks like a pretty cool craft beer restaurant, and I think the dessert course (cinnamon gelato paired with Horn Dog) sounds muy interesante.

Flying Saucer
931 Senate St.
Columbia, SC 29209
803-933-9997
July 24th at 7:00
$35 GA and $30 if you’re a Beerknurd

1st Course – Pork Two Ways paired with Tire Bite Golden Ale – Braised Pork Belly and Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Cole Slaw and a spicy BBQ Sauce.

2nd Course – Farfalle Salad paired with Woody Creek White – Farfalle Pasta, fresh Spinach, Vine-Ripe Tomatoes, Kalamta Olvies and Pine Nuts tossed in a Lemon Vinaigrette.

3rd Course – Fire Roasted Chilled Tomato Soup w/ Crème Fraiche paired with Old Scratch Amber

4th Course – Roast Chicken paired with Kerberos Tripel – Slow Roasted Chicken Quarters served with Horseradish Mashed Potatoes and Caramelized Brussel Sprouts.

5th Course – Cinnamon Gelato paired with Horn Dog Barleywine – Cinnamon Gelato over Vanilla Syrup Glazed Pound Cake.

A chocolate cake made by putting dry ingredients into pan first, then placing various ingredients into three scooped out hollows, and pouring cold water over all.

Steamed pudding is made with fruits and spices before being steamed in canning jars. The sealed jars can be aged until serving time at the holidays. This is my Aunt Caroline’s classic Christmas Pudding recipe that is a wonderful Christmas tradition. Excellent served with sauce and ice cream!

This is a NON-EDIBLE cookie recipe that makes lovely ornaments to hang on your Christmas Tree.

This is my husband’s favorite. I first made it over thirty years ago. You can use canned peaches or pineapple in place of the sliced apples.

Biscuit dough is rolled with a tart, sweet, cinnamon-spiced cherry filling and steamed.

This candy is good any time of the year but it’s especially festive at Christmas! Vanilla, lemon or walnut extract can be easily substituted for almond to add a little variety to your candies.

You may forget the salad and just eat these fabulous croutons. Olive oil and garlic powder are sprinkled on before toasting, but the real secret is the dried basil.

This recipe has been in the family for many years and we enjoy serving it at all family doings. No coconut in this one.

It’s hot in Chicago in the summer. Excessive heat and humidity make for a climate where cooling down is a necessity. Based on the need to chill, the Chicago tribune tells us how to make Beer Sorbet with chocolate-covered pretzels. With all those great summer wheat beers out there (such as Bell’s Oberon and Flying Dog’s Woody Creek White), I could see some great applications for the craft beers we all enjoy.

(via About.com)

The first comment I got about this burger was, ‘I would pay twenty dollars for this…WOW!’ I serve these on a whole wheat bun, with blue cheese and horseradish mayo.

Rich and savory, a wonderful soup, it can be a meal in itself, serve with garlic toast, its great!

Add the delicious flavor of wine to your cake with this tasty glaze.

Our buddies at Tuscarora Mill in Leesburg, VA are having a beer dinner with California brewer Lagunitas on July 30th.

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Tuscarora Mill Presents a beer dinner with Lagunitas Brewing Co.
July 30th 2008
7PM

Greeter
Czech Pils

Grilled Mahi Mahi
basted with Papaya Chili Sauce
Jicama Salad,
Censored

Barbecued Shrimp
Wrapped with Peppered Bacon,
Grilled Buttered Corn
IPA/ Maximus

Baby Bell Peppers stuffed
with Smoked Duck Sausage,
Chipotle Cream
Lucky 13

Pulled BBQ Short Rib Slider
with Hill House Coleslaw
Hairy Eyeball

Sichuan BBQ Baby Back Ribs
Pickled Daikon and Carrot Salad
Brown Sugga

Roasted Mission Figs
Studded with Hooks 1 Year Blue,
Toasted Almond Cream
Gnarlywine (3 Vintages)

$75.00 Inclusive

Cranberry juice is simmered in a slow cooker with orange zest, cloves, dried cranberries, honey and cinnamon.

This recipe has been passed through many generations. It makes a large cookie sheet of light and buttery treats. The recipe has been adapted for use with the dough cycle on a bread machine. Then it’s baked in the oven after rising. Try it once and you’ll get many requests for ‘Sugar Cake.’

This is a really great tomato chutney recipe that you can whip up in no time using your microwave.

This poke cake is infused with crushed pineapple and topped with a mixture of vanilla pudding and whipped topping.