Italian sausage, ground beef, and stew beef, simmered with sweet spices, peppers, and dark beer for a chili like you've never had before. 

Deliriously delicious juice to start your day! The result will be a lovely, creamy, silky smooth beverage - and with a lovely orange glow, it's a real eye catcher, too!  

This is an authentic Brazilian ground beef and vegetable recipe which I tweaked to my family's liking. Who says ground beef has to be boring! Serve over hot white rice. 

This delightfully sweet-tart jam makes an extraordinary gift for any occasion. 

This is a variation of the popular taco dip. It tastes great and looks pretty too. 

This is made in early spring, usually Easter, when the new dandelions are sweet and crisp. It is from my grandma, Callie Brosius, who was Pennsylvania Dutch and a great cook. This is usually served with boiled potatoes with ham at Easter.  

The Tuck U Inn at Glick Mansion in Atchison, Kansas serves this for breakfast. People just rave about the caramel, candy coating combination on the bacon! 

My mom came up with this recipe when I was a teenage vegetarian, and now it is one of my meat-loving husband's favorite dishes and still one of mine to this day. 

Lemon and garlic provide a flavor accent for steamed spinach in this quick and simple recipe.  

An easy roast beef sandwich with local origins in Buffalo, New York. Kimmelweck rolls are hard kaiser-type rolls covered in coarse ground salt and caraway seeds. This recipe transforms regular rolls into the traditional weck rolls.  

Even Captain Hook would love this cocktail with its cherry cola and rum flavors poured into a tall frosty glass. 

Widely available in tropical Asia, but no relation to mangoes, mangosteen is a fruit with creamy segments similar to a tangerine. Its juice is sweet-tart and refreshing mixed with rum in this margarita. 

A grown up twist to a favorite childhood treat. This crazy snow cone is great for summer cocktail parties! 

This melon-flavored cocktail will have you raving! 

Apple cider gets lively with the addition of spiced rum and cinnamon schnapps in a drink that's sure to warm you on a cold night! 

Not for the faint of heart, this sizzling hot chili is made with 12 kinds of bell and chili peppers, from Anaheim to jalapeno, habanero and cayenne, plus ground beef, spicy pork sausage, kidney beans, chili beans, and black-eyed peas. 

Italian sausage, squash, mushroom, and bell pepper are simmered in a homemade tomato sauce to toss with pasta in this recipe. 

This spicy soup is both filling and delicious. It's a good way to sneak some veggies into your diet. Serve with pita bread or chips. 

This salsa has Asian, Spanish and Middle Eastern elements and can be modified to suit your desired spiciness. Serve with Black and Gold (blue and yellow corn) tortilla chips. 

Goose breast is marinated then smoked over a charcoal grill. If you don't have a smoker, regular grilling with propane or charcoal still tastes great!