Tag Archives: BVC Eats

BVC Eats: Ya Mutha’s Chicken and Gravy

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

All Mom’s most edible dishes contained either corn or pork, except for this one. Continue reading →


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BVC Eats: Failed Chewy Grains

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

by Jennifer Stevenson Well, that didn’t work. I tried adapting a recipe yesterday and it was a total frost. Normally I do this:


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BVC Eats: I Love My Blender

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

by Jennifer Stevenson One of the nicest things my husband ever bought me was a blender.  (I know, right? All those jokes about the husband who buys his wife a vacuum cleaner for her birthday.) But this is a really, … Continue reading →


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BVC Eats: The “Marianne” Pork Chop Casserole

Posted on August 8, 2012 by

by Jennifer Stevenson This one-dish-meal recipe was given me orally by my neighbor Marianne, who learned to cook it during WWII when she was taken away from Poland by the Nazis to become a cook for a German family.  She … Continue reading →


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BVC Eats: Top ten edible plants in my garden

Posted on August 1, 2012 by

by Jennifer Stevenson My garden is a mess, but it’s easy to take care of, and some of it is edible, especially in Spring.  Here are my top ten favorite edible Spring plants: 10 Marjoram. A version of oregano. Flops … Continue reading →


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BVC Eats – Dark Chocolate & Lemon Brownie Cake

Posted on July 18, 2012 by

By Jennifer Stevenson This cake is a real punch in the mouth—extreme chocolate and extreme lemon.  Serve it in very small slices with hot tea. Cake: One pouch of your favorite brownie mix 2 eggs, room temperature 1/3 cup fresh … Continue reading →


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BVC Eats: The Mint Julep made easy

Posted on July 11, 2012 by

by Jennifer Stevenson It helps if you grow mint in your yard.  The best mint is the kind with a sharp flavor—peppermint of some kind.  Spearmint is a no-no—your julep will taste like toothpaste.  Wintergreen is just lame.  And no, … Continue reading →


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Book View Café Eats: Salad as a Meal

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

by Nancy Jane Moore I associate reading with food. When I was a kid, we all gathered around the breakfast table with the newspaper and read over the bacon and eggs. There wasn’t a library in my hometown, but the … Continue reading →


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Book View Café Eats: Celebrate Midsummer

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

I love the turning of the seasons, and I love the old tradition of celebrating Midsummer on the summer solstice.  To me this is high summer, not the beginning of the season. Another old tradition that’s wonderful for this time … Continue reading →


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Book View Cafe Eats: Hobbit Seedcake

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

Each of us has our own story about how we discovered Middle Earth. For me, it was a radio version of The Hobbit, produced by my friend Dan Rubin (who turned out to be a distant cousin, but that’s another … Continue reading →


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