This is just a part of a bigger purpose, but the pulled pork stands on its own. American Heritage Farm had a great looking pork butt that I used in this recipe. Classic smoked BBQ, Georgia style sweet heat apple juice based rub over Georgia peach wood pellets. Well, this should get your BBQ weekend…

Followers of this blog know I spend a good deal of time at farmers markets and because of that, I get to meet some cool businesses. In today’s installment we used the Purposeful Pecan to make an updated Pecan Sandi. The updates are more vanilla, candied pecans and cinnamon. Now, my wife took the lead…

Bacon. I didn’t think I had to say more, but OK, here is the rest: creamy mac & cheese all in a flaky crust. Yes, I used store bought pie crust, but so did my Mom. Simple, tasty, and easy to eat. 8 ounces bacon (Hayfield Farm)8 ounces sharp cheddar6 ounces cream cheese1 teaspoon Dijon…

This started as a breakfast dish from Japan. The key is slow, slow, and low heat while cooking. Here is the issue; somehow I ended up in Northern Italy, and somehow I had a layover through New Orleans to get there. The end goal is a silky texture on both the eggs, shrimp and the…

I have discussed the five tastes we all can have when eating and drinking (sweet, salty, bitter, umami, and sour). I think I have touched on all of those with this slider and some spice to boot. The sweet comes from the pear, salty from, well, salting the burger, bitter from the arugula, umami from…