Penny Kazmier
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Culinary adventures: Eating, preserving, sharing vegetables from the gardenAug 20, 2014 8:00 am - This year my garden has been especially bountiful yielding a bumper crop of vegetables begging for my attention. Since I don't like to let anything go to waste, we have ...
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Culinary adventures: Too hot to turn on the oven? Slowcooker rescues dinnerJul 22, 2014 5:45 am - During the last few months I have found myself in an unusual situation: I have no kitchen. A remodeling project has taken my oven and stove and for someone who spends mo...
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Culinary Adventures: Chopped salad perfect blend of flavor, texturesJun 17, 2014 5:30 am - Every summer I become fixated on a new salad recipe and this season my attention turned to the Stetson Chopped Salad. I love chopped salads — probably because their bite...
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Culinary adventures: Penny gives ribs the rubMay 20, 2014 5:30 am - Nothing signals the approach of summer more than the smell of barbecue wafting through the backyard. My family's hands down favorite barbecue treat is ribs, but not just...
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Culinary adventures: Lunching, learning with Lidia BastianichApr 23, 2014 4:00 am - Eataly, an Italian food paradise, lies just a short train ride away in downtown Chicago. Rows pasta in never-before-seen shapes line the shelves, bottles of olive oil su...
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Culinary adventures: Pepper perks up chocolate brownieMar 26, 2014 6:00 am - The inspiration for my most recent “Culinary Adventure” started when I was a child but was rekindled earlier this year when I caught a rerun of a chocolate episode of “F...
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Culinary Adventures: Penny gives tip of the hat to Blue Bonnet Cafe's German chocolate pieFeb 19, 2014 4:45 am - Just outside Austin, Texas in the town of Marble Falls, sits the famous Blue Bonnet Café. With its homestyle menu and delicious pies, this 80-plus-year-old eatery made m...
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Culinary adventures: Incorporating cooking classes in vacation plansJan 22, 2014 4:30 am - I am hooked on cooking classes and take a one whenever the opportunity presents itself. Like when I learned Stonewall Kitchen, the creator of those delicious gourmet jam...
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Culinary adventures: Stuffed mushrooms star of appetizer trayDec 18, 2013 4:30 am - When I was featured as Cook of the Week I shared that one of my family's favorite things to do is to have “snacks” or appetizers for dinner instead of traditional meat-p...
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Culinary adventures: Thanksgiving leftovers get new life in soupNov 27, 2013 5:00 am - One of my pet peeves is wasting food and Thanksgiving leftovers are no exception. Between turkey sandwiches and simply reheating things a few times, I am usually success...