A Hungry Bear

pork chops with tomato-peach compote

Monday, July 20, 2009

This is a really quick and easy way to use up some of the local fresh peaches, heirloom tomatoes and vidalia onions in abundance right now (there’s only so much peach cobbler a girl can eat, even for me). I made it with braised collards and kale - it was a southern meal, with [...]

southern fried okra

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

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When I was growing up, I used to spend weeks with my grandparents, who live out in the country near the Pee-Dee River in NC. They grew almost all of their own food, and despite my Gramma’s attempt to cook healthier, my Pa-Pa always wanted his vegetables fried. These days, I take after [...]

braised collards and kale

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

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We’re getting a ton of collards and kale from our farm share every week, and I keep preparing them this way. I hope I don’t get sick of it, since it’s the only way I really know how to make greens. The little bit of bacon grease gives so much flavor to this [...]

foster’s market mac and cheese

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

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It’s about time for a new MAC recipe right? Foster’s Market is quintessentially Chapel Hill NC - a place where hippies and yuppies both get along, for good coffee, amazing pastries and sandwiches, comfy seating where you can sit and read a paper for hours, etc. I haven’t been for years, since I [...]

red velvet cupcakes

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

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I would have made a great 1950’s housewife. It makes me obscenely happy to bake desserts for A - so much so that I can get in trouble for it. At first he loved it, coming home to have a chocolate kahlua cheesecake baked for him for no apparent reason. Then, maybe [...]

pigs in blankets

Monday, March 2, 2009

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Working on the blog update has kept me so busy I’ve had to resort to some faster recipes. Pigs-in-blankets are a childhood favorite, although my mom always made them with Bisquick mix. I could have used a standard biscuit recipe, but I found this recipe on Epicurious instead - kind of a like [...]

gift this: best ever nut brittle

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

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Like a lot of people, I’m going to try and cut back on Christmas gift spending this year. One of the best ways to show people you love them without spending a fortune is to cook treats for them (you know, you don’t really love someone unless you fatten them up a little - [...]

back to basics: mashed potatoes

Monday, October 6, 2008

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If you’re a regular reader of AHB, you already know that underneath it all, I’m just a meat and potatoes kind of girl. Okay, really great filet and pommes frites sometimes, but still, nothing makes me happier than red meat and some kind of potato. It occurred to me the other day, as [...]

chicken pot pie

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

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It would be really unfair to judge this chicken pot pie by the photos. Here’s what happened: I saw some great pictures of a chicken pot pie in Bon Appetit, then did some research in my New Best Recipe book. I made a sort of hybrid of both recipes, a full batch - [...]

peach & blackberry cobbler

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

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This isn’t my Gramma’s recipe, but I still think she’d approve of this well-researched version from The New Best Recipe cookbook. The biscuit topping is made with yogurt, which I’ve never tried before. This gives it a chewy texture, less crumbly and, well, biscuit-y, than I’m used to. I love mixing in [...]