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BVC Eats: La bruja te prende fuego

Jennifer Stevenson August 24, 2026

I’m a two-margarita girl. When I lunch with my pals, I can pour them down between layers of food and I’m fine. Never met a

BVC Eats: Ya mutha’s chicken

Jennifer Stevenson August 10, 2026

This was one of my mother’s foolproof recipes, and possibly the first meal I ever cooked for my bridegroom, mumble ago. All Mom’s most edible

BVC Eats: Pound cake French toast

Jennifer Stevenson July 27, 2026

Pound cake French toast is the ultimate in you-don’t-need-any-of-this breakfast food. It was once a favorite at our house until we swore off all pancakes,

BVC Eats: Chicken pot pie

Jennifer Stevenson July 13, 2026

Back at the dawnatime, when my Osborne computer was considered the latest poot in portable compooters and a cup of coffee cost less than a

BVC Eats: Mint julep

Jennifer Stevenson June 22, 2026

PG Wodehouse’s Bertie Wooster once said of the mint julep, roughly, that it tastes innocent, steals its little hand in yours like a baby sister,

BVC Eats: Leftover eggnog crepes

Jennifer Stevenson June 8, 2026

I made this on The Morning After a very Irish New Year’s Eve with an actual Irish friend (from Ireland!) (so much whisky – so,

BVC Eats: Stay home egg nog fluff

Jennifer Stevenson May 25, 2026

This is adapted from the Rombauer eggnog recipe, which uses if you can believe this an additional bottle of brandy. Well, I draws the line somewhere.

BVC Eats: Welsh cakes à la Vénusienne

Jennifer Stevenson May 11, 2026

This recipe was given to me by our landlords in New Haven. They were odd folk. Mark was a pagan, once the Pursuivant of Arms

BVC Eats: Chorizo empanadas

Jennifer Stevenson April 27, 2026

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: Cheesy hash brown casserole a.k.a. “Funeral Potatoes”

Jennifer Stevenson April 13, 2026

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-Dads Italian meatballs

Jennifer Stevenson March 9, 2026

This is one of those dishes that can be quick and dirty if you do it like Dad did, or you can make yourself crazy

BVC Eats: Easiest ever flourless chocolate torte

Jennifer Stevenson February 23, 2026

I got into flourless chocolate torte when I started the no-carb paleo diet for the twentieth time. Oh, the cravings. I’d had flourless chocolate torte

BVC Eats: Crispy toffee

Jennifer Stevenson February 9, 2026

CRISPY TOFFEE FOR CANDY OR “SPUN SUGAR DRIZZLE” I looked this up to drizzle over a gluten-free brownie cake for our 48th wedding anniversary. I

Author : Jennifer Stevenson