Amy Barnes

Served up warm from the oven, this nostalgic cake makes its own pudding-like sauce to warm souls and bellies, just like grandma intended.
My grandmother always burned the biscuits. Even canned ones. Money was tight, so burned biscuits it was. It just wasn't a holiday meal without slightly blackened biscuits and ham studded with pineapples and cloves. We always managed to struggle through the burnt bits because there was something special waiting on the other side: pudding cake.

When the egg hunts are done, don't toss the shells.
There are many ways to use the boiled and dyed eggshells after Easter egg hunts. Instead of wasting shells by simply throwing them in the trash, these more sustainable options allow you to save money and experience fun family activities. You may not be able to eat eggshells, but you still can use them in arts and crafts or in the garden. Read on for more great ideas.

At the holidays, I always think of my great-grandmother's hands rolling pasta and baking anise crescents. They looked like powdered sugar-coated Italian wedding cookies, but with a secret: anise extract. I've found versions in bakeries and packaged shelf-stable options, but they aren't quite right; they're missing the hands rolling them, family history, and love-infused nostalgic flavor.

The winter holidays are a time for gift-giving and celebrations. Southern hospitality is at its best with homemade goodies and personalized gifts. While you’re buying for friends and family, you might wonder about giving or exchanging gifts at work.
To keep workplace gift-giving easier and clearer, we’ve taken a look at some things to check on and questions to ask before making purchases. Gift-giving at work during the holidays doesn’t have to become expensive or stressful.

My grandmothers' had a magical obsession with Jell-O for molded desserts, appetizers, and entrées in the 1970s and 80s. Whether it was a holiday centerpiece or a weekday special dessert, each jiggly offering was fun and fantastic.
While the Jell-O base may have been basic and inexpensive, the molded desserts had a kitchen sink of ingredients: fruit, nuts, pretzels, cream cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, Cheddar cheese. Each had creativity and memories infused in each bite.

My grandmothers' had a magical obsession with Jell-O for molded desserts, appetizers, and entrées in the 1970s and 80s. Whether it was a holiday centerpiece or a weekday special dessert, each jiggly offering was fun and fantastic.
While the Jell-O base may have been basic and inexpensive, the molded desserts had a kitchen sink of ingredients: fruit, nuts, pretzels, cream cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, Cheddar cheese. Each had creativity and memories infused in each bite.

It's tortilla time, all the time! Not just for tacos and burritos, tortillas as a great pantry staple for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and even desserts! Whether you have store-bought tortillas in your pantry or are making your own tortillas, try these top-rated options, featuring everything from savory to sweet recipes. To start, making tortillas can be a fun kitchen activity. For flour tortillas, check out Chef John's recipe or try this simple DIY corn tortilla option. This tortilla mu...

In the South, the meat-and-three restaurant is a quintessential comfort food staple. Menus vary at each restaurant but often are handwritten in chalk. With several entrée meat options and a list of vegetables, salads, desserts and bread selections, diners can create their own custom plate. Whether you choose the traditional three sides to accompany an animal protein or opt for an all-veggie meal, the meat and three is made to fill your belly without emptying your wallet.

When the egg hunts are done, don't toss the shells.
There are many ways to use the boiled and dyed eggshells after Easter egg hunts. Instead of wasting shells by simply throwing them in the trash, these more sustainable options allow you to save money and experience fun family activities. You may not be able to eat eggshells, but you still can use them in arts and crafts or in the garden. Read on for more great ideas.
How To Process Dyed Eggshells Before Using Them
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Frying up perfectly golden fries and succulent chicken wings has never been easier (or more fun).
Do you often find yourself frying up food on the stovetop? If your love of home-fried food like juicy fried chicken, crispy french fries, and beer-battered fish tacos has you filling up pots and pans with oil over and over again, it may be time to consider a deep fryer.
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The Allrecipes Allstars, our team of expert home cooks, know what tools are worth a spot in your kitchen, and some of their all-time favorite products are on sale for Amazon Prime Day. Mashers are useful for a lot more than your Thanksgiving potatoes, as Allstar Amy Barnes points out. “While the [Faberware] meat stomper makes my ground beef the perfect texture with less effort, I also love it in other applications,” she says. “I use it to crush graham crackers, regular saltines, larger spices or peppers, mark the top of cookies like peanut butter, sugar, or ginger cookies, and juice citrus in

We've all come a long way since this time last year, finding new ways to cook, shop, conserve, connect, comfort, savor, and share. That wisdom propels us as we head toward a delicious future.
A new school year and a fresh start feel so welcome after an uncertain year and a half. Many of us are ready — to get to school, back to work, and back to connecting without limits.
One place we don't have to "get back" to? The kitchen, the classroom we never left. As the place where many of us foun...