Sweet Red Plum Jelly

I love fresh sweet plums from my backyard tree. It produces such juicy plums, they are best eaten leaning over the kitchen sink or out in the yard. This year, the tree was so overloaded with fruit that even giving them away to friends and neighbors didn’t dent the crop so I had to [...]

Beans and Ham Hocks

Beans and ham hocks is one of the simplest recipes that I know, but is it also one of the recipes that I can most describe as comfort food. It’s also considered “soul food”. When I eat this, it invokes memories of childhood and home. This recipe originates from a time of extreme poverty [...]