On our grounds around the house here in Panama, we have all sorts of edibles growing. Oranges, lemons, plantains, coffee, pigeon peas and bananas among them. A few days ago, Ramon delivered a bunch
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Jalapeno Cheese Bread
0Some years ago I was busy at work in the office when a friend of a coworker arrived with an artisan loaf of Serrano Cheese bread to share. Those little Serrano peppers are pretty
Barbari (Corrected)
0One of the worries of book authorship is fear of typos that slip through … and some are going to find their way into the end product. Despite the facts that I read and
Healthy Dinner Rolls
0As for me, I would make simple white dinner rolls and slather them with butter at mealtime. My sweet wife, however, insists that my breads have some redeeming value … meaning whole grains and/or
How to Easily Make a Pie Crust
0Whenever I serve a pie, I enjoy hearing the ooohs and aaahs over the crust. The thing is, making a pie pastry isn’t difficult at all … folks just think it is. In this
Mother’s Day Apple Muffins
0Even after we had children in our fifth year of marital bliss, I had this notion that Mother’s Day didn’t concern me. After all, my wife was decidedly not my Mother, I reasoned. You guessed
Banana Pancakes with Oats and Whole Wheat
0As a general rule, I shun sugar, all types of sugar. Since I started avoiding it about 5 years ago, I’ve lost over 40 pounds, my cholesterol is the the ridiculously low range and
Chocolate Chip Cinnamon Toast
0What can I say? I have a sweet tooth. I haven’t always been so cursed. When I was younger, I much prefered another slice of pizza to an ice cream cone, for example. However,
Mandarin Orange Rolls
0When I began cooking seriously in 1983, I first explored making pastries. About the third sweet I made was a batch of Orange Rolls; sort of cinnamon rolls flavored with orange instead. Lately, I’ve
Crescent Rolls
0When we baked yesterday on New Year’s Day, we used a modified version of a basic sweet dough. For a little more practice and because they taste so good, let’s use that dough again