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CARAMEL CORN, POPCORN, ELLA & OLLIE

Jane Helms’ recipe for caramel corn could be the best recipe for popcorn on the planet. But I’m jumping ahead. Before we get to the recipe, let me tell you about her son Matt Helms and his new popping hot business venture. Matt says that he loves family, farming, business, agriculture and marketing—passions that he […]

THE SLEIGH SHED and HOLIDAY COCKTAIL RECIPES

It’s as if Santa, on a pre-Christmas reconnaissance, took a rest stop at Union Station in St. Louis, wandered into The Train Shed and decided to stay. The popular restaurant renamed “The Sleigh Shed” for the holiday season, brims with spirit. Lights twinkle. Ornaments shine. The staff radiates good will towards man and woman and […]

¶ Posted 16 November 2022 † Susan Manlin Katzman § APPETIZERS § BARS § BEVERAGES § CHRISTMAS § COCKTAILS § DRINKS § HEADS UP TO HAPPY HOUR § MISSOURI § RECIPES § ST. LOUIS § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: cocktail recipes, Holiday cocktails, Pop-Up cocktail bar, St. Louis, St. Louis Wheel, The Sleigh Shed, Union Station

HOMEMADE for the HOLIDAYS

Gift wrapped in sugar and spice and everything nice, Sweet Leisure brings you some sensational, truly terrific, and downright delicious recipes that you can make for happy holiday indulging. Click below for: GOOD, GRAND AND GROOVY GOURMET GIFTS TO GIVE Peanut Butter cookies, Hot Cocoa Cake, Coffee Rub, Spiced Pecans, Sponge Candy and Pompelmocello. […]

¶ Posted 15 December 2021 † Susan Manlin Katzman § APPETIZERS § CAKE § CANDY § CHEESE § CHOCOLATE § CHRISTMAS § COCKTAILS § COFFEE § CONDIMENTS § COOKIES § DRINKS § ENTERTAINING § GIFT GIVING § GLUTEN FREE § HAM § HEADS UP TO HAPPY HOUR § RECIPES § SAUCES § SOUPS § THANKSGIVING § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: birthday cake, Brie, cream soups, fig rum conserve, Gorgonzola, gourmet gifts, ham, hot cocoa cake, hummus, peanut butter cookies, port wine sauce, preserved kumquats, Smoked Salmon, spiced pecans, sponge candy

CRANBERRY SALAD FROM BARBARA GIBBS OSTMANN

Barbara Gibbs Ostmann and I have been friends for so long that I don’t remember how we met. I think it was when she first became food editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch sometime in the mid 1970s. She interviewed me about my cooking school for kids and then subsequently hired me to freelance, not […]

¶ Posted 06 December 2021 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BOOKS § CHRISTMAS § COOKBOOK REVIEWS § DESSERTS § ENTERTAINING § FAVORITE RECIPES/FAMOUS PEOPLE § RECIPES § SALADS § SAUCES § SIDE DISHES § THANKSGIVING § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Barbara Gibbs Ostmann, cranberries, Cranberry salad, Food Editors' Favorites Cookbooks, The Recipe Writer's Handbook

FABULOUS FEAST FOOD FOR THANKSGIVING

In the spirit of Thanksgiving past, present and future, Sweet Leisure revisits a cornucopia of recipes so that you can fill your table with fun, festive and frankly fabulous feast food. HARVEST VEGETABLE SOUP A simple, special, superb, savory soup that combines the best of the season’s harvest to jump start a sumptuous feast. […]

¶ Posted 06 November 2021 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BREADS § BRUSSELS SPROUTS § CAKE § CAULIFLOWER § DESSERTS § PIES § RECIPES § SALADS § SIDE DISHES § SOUPS § THANKSGIVING § VEGETABLES ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Apple Pie, bacon corn muffins, Brussels sprouts, carrot cake, cauliflower, chess pie, chowder, harvest soup, pumpkin bread, roast turkey, Thanksgiving feast foods

YALANCHI SARMA by NANCY MEHAGIAN

Nancy Mehagian filled her life with an abundance of travel, sex, drugs and food. For a peek at her passion-filled, delicious life and a copy of her favorite recipe for Yalanchi Sarma (chilled Stuffed Grape leaves), read on:

¶ Posted 15 December 2020 † Susan Manlin Katzman § APPETIZERS § BOOKS § CHRISTMAS § COOKBOOK REVIEWS § FAVORITE RECIPES/FAMOUS PEOPLE § IMMIGRANT CHEFS § RECIPES § VEGETARIAN ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: An Edible Odyssey, Nancy Mehagian, Salvador Maron, Siren's Feast, vegetarian, Yalanchi Sarma

KNEE PATCHES

Kellie Conklin White shares her grandmother’s recipe for Knee Patches. A sweet and crunch, cinnamon and sugar pastry that her grandmother would make for Easter.

¶ Posted 27 April 2020 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BREAKFAST § BRUNCH § COOKIES § DESSERTS § EASTER § GRANDMOTHER RECIPES § RECIPES ‡ Comments Off °

THE SOUTHERN GRIND COFFEE HOUSE’S BUTTERCREAM SUGAR COOKIES

The buttercream sugar cookies from The Southern Grind Coffee House in Gulf Shores, Alabama are as delicious as they are beautiful. The recipe can be altered to make perfect holiday cookies including those for Easter, Christmas and the Fourth of July. The Gulf Shores/Orange Beach area includes many other delights, including oysters, a georgous beach, and The Lodge at Gulf State Park.

¶ Posted 08 April 2020 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ALABAMA § CHRISTMAS § COOKIES § DESSERTS § EASTER § GULF SHORES § GULF STATE PARK § ORANGE BEACH § RECIPES § RESTAURANTS § STATE PARKS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Alabama, Buttercream icing, Buttercream sugar cookies, Gulf Shores, Murder Point Oysters, Orange Beach, The Lodge at Gulf State Park, The Southern Grind Coffee House

BEST EVER SUGAR BAKED HOLIDAY HAM RECIPE

Ta-Da! Drum roll please! And now, dear readers, I’m going to share my secret family recipe for the best ever (really really succulent and delicious) sugar baked holiday ham. BEST EVER SUGAR BAKED HOLIDAY HAM Yield: Plan on serving 1/2 to 3/4 pound per person, but buy enough to have leftovers. This ham makes fabulous […]

¶ Posted 15 April 2019 † Susan Manlin Katzman § CHRISTMAS § CONDIMENTS § EASTER § ENTREES § HAM § RECIPES § SANDWICHES ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: anise seed, Christmas, Dill mustard, Easter, ham, sugar

10 THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT LONDON IN DECEMBER

CHRISTMAS DECOR. HERE. THERE. EVERYWHERE. WARMING AND LINGERING AT LONDON’S TOP INDOOR ATTRACTIONS THEATRE AFTERNOON TEA WITH A HOLIDAY THEME ONE-STOP CHRISTMAS SHOPPING PUBS, PUB GRUB AND HAPPY PEOPLE FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST POP UP ICE RINKS AND MERRY GO ROUNDS COSY HOTEL […]