By Michele Puff the magic pastry lives in my freezer! It’s always on hand allowing me to explore its multiple uses. This pastry is a light, buttery, flaky dough used in both sweet and savory dishes, from appetizers to main courses to desserts. It contains only three ingredients - flour, butter, and salt, and yet it rises to a great height with no added leavening agent.  Amazing! You could make it, but the Pepperidge Farm brand is delicious sans the work. Hence, that is what I

By Billa Last week, Luci wrote a blog post about her favorite two warming soups that she created. Here’s the link: https://www.dazzlingdinners.com/post/warming-soups Reading it got me thinking about my own favorite warming soups. I did not create them but have been making them often for many years. The first is Paul Newman’s curried tomato Soup. It is hearty, a bit spicy, and full of different flavors and textures. It is also easy to make and results in huge quantity that fr

By Luci Summer’s over. Get warmed up with hearty soups. Make a big batch so you will have lots to freeze. Pork Shoulder Every fall I make this, one of my favorite soups. And every fall I do it just a bit differently. The basic recipe is pork shoulder cooked with chicken broth, onion, garlic and herbs such as thyme, sage or rosemary. This year I made a number of changes. Instead of baking the pork and cutting it into bite-size pieces, I braised it with spices and herbs and, wh