Cooking with Barry & Meta

As the air turns crisp and the leaves turn colors, it’s time for fall foods such as brats! Precooking them adds flavor, shortens the grillin.

This is my updated version of a classic recipe that combines dried beef with chicken and bacon.

In 2008 I compiled recipes for a make-ahead freezer class and cookbook that was used in a "Dine and Learn" cooking class for the Abilene Par.

In 2008 I compiled recipes for a make-ahead freezer class and cookbook that was used in a "Dine and Learn" cooking class for the Abilene P.

One of our favorite eating places was featured in the Taste section of KANSAS! (vol 81, 2025, issue 4) and included this recipe.

My mom used to make a dish like this in the oven set on low and slow .

Although bacon-wrapped pork medallions are available in the meat section of the grocery or at meat markets, we buy tenderloin on sale and ma.

Baked/roasted new potatoes accompanied this year’s corned beef and cabbage.

Yesterday was one of those days – a couple of morning meetings and then one in late afternoon when I’d normally be preparing dinner.

All aboard the Abilene & Smoky Valley (A&SV) dinner train for a taste of Kansas history, a sampling of adventure and nostalgia from a bygone.

Chockfull of steak, ground beef and vegetables, this thick soup is hearty and filling.

Hearty and creamy, this chicken taco soup recipe is packed with delicious layers of flavor.

Garden grown spicy jalapeno peppers are stuffed with a rich cheese and bacon-studded filling, and then finished with crispy seasoned panko.

Urban and Small-Town Getaways is the theme of the latest issue of KANSAS! magazine (2024 / vol 80 / issue 4 / pp 22-26) and my Taste articl.

Ritz (butter) crackers, along with ground beef (ours was Midwest Meats in Abilene) form the basis for this tasty meatloaf.

The latest issue of KANSAS! ( 2024 / vol 80 / issue 2 ) has been released; the Taste section focuses on food policies during the Eisenho.