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A Menu for Your Slow Cooker!

Whether you're busy driving kids back and forth to school and after-school activities, have your hands full with preserving the last of your summer garden or would rather spend your time decorating for fall, you'll be especially glad to see this Menu of the Week! Selected from our cookbook, Slow-Cooker... Read more →

8 Featured Apple Recipes!

WE LOVED YOUR APPLE RECIPES! In this week's Recipe Round-Up, we asked you to share your favorite recipes made with apples and you definitely delivered...over 70 recipes from bloggers all over! Be sure to click over and check out their recipes...leave a comment and let them know where you found... Read more →

99-Cent Apples eBook...NOW thru Sunday!

The eBook version of our Classic cookbook, Apples, is now available for just 99 cents! Just in case you missed the announcement on Facebook, we didn't want you to miss out on the deal! Click the book below to visit our landing page, select your eBook reader and download it... Read more →

A Bushel and a Peck...

It's officially September and that always means a trip to the orchard for us...Lynd Fruit Farm is a favorite desitination of ours. Where's your favorite apple-picking spot? No matter which farm you visit, there's just something magical about pulling your own from the tree, taking them back to the car... Read more →

Headed to the Fair this Week!

The Ohio State Fair is going on right now, as well as several local county fairs in our area. This time of year is filled with these hometown celebrations and whether you love the animals, the midway or the people-watching, one thing we all love is the FOOD! This week,... Read more →

6 of Mom's Favorites!

This week's Menu of the Week comes from a cookbook that was inspired by the first cook most of us looked up to...MOM! Mom's Favorite Recipes is packed with comfort food recipes that don't take all day in the kitchen, unless they're simmering away in the slow cooker. Whether you're... Read more →

What's Simmering on YOUR Stovetop?

In the summertime, we love recipes that don't heat up the kitchen, don't you? Our slow cookers and grills really get a workout these days, but another simple way to cook dinner is to pull out one of our favorite one-pot stovetop recipes! We all have a few mix-it-up-and-simmer dishes... Read more →

What's YOUR Homestyle Favorite?

For real comfort, nothing tops a delicious, down-home meal with family & friends and, for our very first photography cookbook, this kind of recipes was just what we had in mind. Our latest Menu of the Week is gathered from 101 Homestyle Favorites and, like all of our 101 Photo... Read more →

Comfort Foods All Week Long!

This week's Menu of the Week comes from our cookbook, Comfort Foods, a title that's filled with stick-to-your-ribs recipes that'll remind you of big family suppers at Mom's or Grandma's house. With recipes for every meal of the day from breakfast to dessert, it's one of our favorite collections. We've... Read more →

Simmering Snacks to Share!

With all the festivities coming up this weekend, we like to have a few goodies simmering away in the slow cooker for family & friends to enjoy whenever the mood strikes. Whether it's appetizers, dips, beverages or snacks in YOUR slow cooker, we're rounding up all those recipes to celebrate... Read more →

Homemade Holidays are the Best!

Gingerbread cookies are baking in the oven, garlands of popcorn & cranberries are hung on the tree and you're putting the finishing touches on those special handmade gifts for loved ones and friends. We always enjoy adding homemade touches to all of our holiday celebrations and these handmade memories were... Read more →

Cobblers, Crisps and Crumbles...Oh My!

Cobbler. Crisp. Crumble. Buckle. Brown Betty. Strudel. Slump. Fool. Pandowdy. Kuchen. No matter HOW you bake your favorite fruits when the weather turns chilly, we'd be happy to sit down & enjoy some with a cup of coffee or tea. (We might even ask for seconds!) So, which are YOUR... Read more →

What's Cookin' This Friday?

Here in Ohio, we're in that perfect season where summer is just giving way to fall, and that means lots of familiar flavors in the kitchen...a return to soups and roasts, apples & cinnamon for dessert. We love this time of year and wanted to share some of what our... Read more →

A Turtle's Life Sounds Good to Us!

If you're a fan of freezer cooking, you might already be familiar with this week's Featured Friday blogger. She recently got lots of attention for this amazing post, and that's how we ran across her blog as well. And amazing though her freezer-stocking skills may be, Natalie's blog is so... Read more →

Rounding Up Fall's Favorite Fruit!

Part of our weeklong celebration of our favorite season, we're looking for your best recipe using Fall's favorite fruit...apples! Whether you like 'em baked in dumplings, mashed into sauce or layered in a blue-ribbon pie, everyone has a great apple dish. What's YOUR favorite APPLE recipe? Share it in today's... Read more →

Remembering Hometown Favorites...

Think back to your hometown...remember the general store that always had the best penny candy? How about the corner bakery with homemade cookies and doughnuts? Remember all those homestyle favorites served up at the local diner and shopping for the fresh-picked best at the farmstand down the road? We love... Read more →

Calling All Slow Cookers!

Have a favorite slow-cooker recipe? Link up with today's Recipe Round-Up! Whether you just use your slow cooker on the weekends or rely on it throughout the week to save you time in the kitchen, we'd love have your links to your favorite slow-cooker recipes! Here's one to inspire you... Read more →

Something Yummy is Simmering...

Perfect for the season, these apples are such a treat anytime. Found in our book, Super-Fast Slow Cooking, they'll simmer while you’re out enjoying the cool, crisp weather. Slow-Cooked Brown Sugar Apples Lynn Williams of Muncie, Indiana sent us this recipe...try 'em for breakfast for an extra-special treat! 6 apples,... Read more →

Time's Almost Up!

Our Secret Ingredient recipe contest ends at midnight EST on Sunday! Have you shared your best apple recipes yet? Click here for all the details! Read more →

Just Try and Resist the Cuteness!

When we found this week's Link We Love, it was all we could do to wait until Friday to share it. It's from a blog called ...from glitter to gumdrops written by a super-creative kitchen whiz and crafty gal, Christy Robbins. Even though Christy is a self-proclaimed cupcake-a-holic, her idea... Read more →