BVC Eats: Crab and corn soup
Jennifer Stevenson
September 19, 2022
*tump: [white trash] n 1: open a bunch of cans and boxes and tump ‘em together 2: quick and dirty, quantities and proportions flexible 3:
Author : Jennifer Stevenson
Jennifer Stevenson writes wacky humor and blogs irregularly at Book View Cafe and at AGreenManReview.com.
BVC Eats: Cilantro-chipotle pesto
Jennifer Stevenson
September 5, 2022
This quick-and-dirty salsa tastes incredibly fresh and green. Fabulous on the first tacos of spring, a celebration of that moment when you realize you’ve survived
BVC Eats: Failed Chewy Grains
Jennifer Stevenson
August 29, 2022
Well, that didn’t work. I tried adapting a recipe yesterday and it was a total frost. THE RIGHT WAY Normally I do this: ¾ cup
BVC Eats: Chorizo empanadas
Jennifer Stevenson
August 15, 2022
JEN’S CHORIZO EMPANADAS Quick’n’dirty, delicious, no leftovers! Makes four to six empanadas. Preheat oven to 350 or 375oF Microwave 1 lb chorizo for 4 to
BVC Eats: Jennifer Stevenson’s Mexican Casserole
Jennifer Stevenson
August 1, 2022
This stuff will kill you, but you won’t care. It’s intense, dense, and more-ish. Resist the temptation to add more ingredients, because your casserole will
BVC Eats: Cheesy hash brown casserole a.k.a. “Funeral Potatoes”
Jennifer Stevenson
July 18, 2022
Here is a tump* recipe I got off the back of a bag of hash browns and then messed with. There are no rules with
BVC Eats: Chipotle-garlic potatoes
Jennifer Stevenson
July 4, 2022
I had this first in a restaurant in Miller, Indiana. It blew me away. This is my approximation. This serves four people, with leftovers. 1
BVC Eats: Fresh green pea soup
Jennifer Stevenson
June 20, 2022
I made this soup up out of my head after I read in a Georgette Heyer novel about a chef who, though he could of
BVC Eats: Boozy chocolate trifle
Jennifer Stevenson
June 6, 2022
this dessert is highly alcoholic serves twelve to fifteen drunks 2 to 3 lb. pound cake -Chocolate marble poundcake is best. -You can substitute any
BVC Eats: I Love My Blender
Jennifer Stevenson
May 30, 2022
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
BVC Eats: Black-eyed peas and ham hocks
Jennifer Stevenson
May 16, 2022
I much prefer fresh black-eyed peas to dried and reconstituted. The fresh ones are much finer and creamier in texture, and never grainy. You can
The value of civility: Me and Gene Wolfe
Jennifer Stevenson
May 7, 2022
Gene Wolfe and I had a long and rather odd friendship, beginning in 1991 when I invited him to be special author guest for Chimera
BVC Eats: Better corn bread
Jennifer Stevenson
May 2, 2022
My husband recently entered a bake-off with the cast and crew of Motown: The Musical at the Oriental Theater in Chicago. Bless him, he wanted to enter
