Cooking with Barry & Meta

Mini chocolate pies could be made anytime but they are certainly a nice addition to holiday cookie trays.

Slice and bake “icebox” cookies are handy and appeal to my desire to do things in steps.

Winter usually means hot oatmeal but for some reason, I’m not in the mood.

We added pieces of a chopped chocolate bar as a topper.

Mom’s Chocolate Sheet Cake has been turned into cupcakes! These little mini cakes use the same stove-top recipe for both .

Must admit that I didn’t much care for fresh ginger when I first sampled it .

After watching “Home Made in American” with Sunny Anderson on the Food Network station (7/8/2013), I had to try Lola Granola B.

Chocolate mint (yes, it tastes like chocolate) sets off the base of this Bundt cake.

Blackberries and balsamic vinegar are complimentary flavors, kind of like apples and cinnamon.

Blackberry season is upon us and I’ve managed to pick a small bucket full without getting a poison ivy rash (the wild bla.

Vicky Chamberlin shared these two recipes in my July 30, 2013 cooking column that appears monthly in the Abilene Reflect.

Autumn Apple Cake w/ Cinnamon Ice Cream What a sweet way to herald the beginning of a new season.

Cookie cutters to the rescue for dressing up a simple apple cake .

After making a batch of pie crust cut-outs, I had enough dough left to make a one-crust pie.

I can still recall my Grandmother Richardson in her easy chair, peeling apples as she watched her favorite soap operas (Guiding Li.
This soup makes a great starter for a fall menu.

Elaine Mills was the featured cook in my November cooking column that appeared in the 11/26/13 issue of The Abilene Reflector Chroni.