I apologize, readers. Yes, today's Wednesday recipe is coming out on a Thursday. I'm sorry, but this is final exams week. Do you remember that feeling of being crushed by papers you need to grade? No? How about the feeling of showing up for a test on the wrong day? All of that. Professors deal with all of the feels. So, I'm behind. But the recipe is easy and delicious and perfect for entertaining--and I purchased the book at the Biltmore in North Carolina. Enjoy! Honey-Mustar

Dear Readers, Good morning! I hope this blog post finds you well. I do see these posts as letters to friends—and to myself. I am finding that I choose the virtue for each month based on a Bible verse that hits a little too close to home. I know that Pride is a besetting sin, but sometimes I can’t help myself? Ah, the plight of a flawed human being—always something to be working on and trying to do better. Proverbs: 6:16-17 (NIV): “There are six things the Lord hates—no, seve

Dear Readers, Easter keeps giving! I'm one of those people who is always trying new recipes even when an old favorite would do (that's why I have so many to share). I found this one in our local newspaper, the Post and Courier. They share that Soby's of Greenville, South Carolina "serves around 6,500 slices of pie every year. If you multiply that by the 27 years the restaurant has been open, then you get around 175,000 slices of pie served." One of the best compliments my son