Author: Diane Becker

Dinner, Main Dish - Pork

The Perfect Pork Chop

Pork chops were never at the top of my “favorites” list. I imagine that’s because when I was a little girl (many, many years ago), folks cooked the chops so long they resembled hockey pucks, because they were afraid of getting infected with tapeworms. Well, now we have meat thermometers to make sure meat is […]

Appetizers & Dips

Pizza Fondue

Back in the early 70’s, fondue parties were so “trendy”. I can still picture my old “avocado green” fondue pot with the color coded fondue forks. Well, the old fondue parties are back. Here is the Pizza Fondue recipe I made way back then. We enjoyed it and and I hope you will too!

Dinner, Soups

Pinto Bean Soup

Hands down, my sister Joan makes the best pinto bean soup I have ever tasted, and here is her recipe. It’s got chunks of ham and tomatoes and just the right amount of “spunk”. We like to serve it with a big old hunk of corn bread.