Meatballs baked in a crushed tomato sauce.

Classic southern comfort food — pimento cheese spread.

Delicious Meyer lemon shortbread cookies, with or without Meyer lemon glaze.

Pam Anderson’s cassoulet-style Italian sausages and white beans.

Meyer lemon almond cake with Meyer lemon glaze. Can’t have too much lemon!

The easiest no-fail chocolate fudge.

The slightly adapted Châtelaine cocktail – made with St. Germain elderflower liqueur, vodka, pomegranate juice, and white wine.

A colorful way to usher in the holiday baking season: fruit cake cookies.

Homemade pumpkin pie, my journey to update a classic.

A hearty beef and bean chili, comfort food for cool fall and winter nights.

A refreshing dry white wine, perfect for sipping – the 2008 Jorge Ordoñez & Co. Botani Moscatel Seco from Spain.

An heirloom recipe: grandmother’s chess pie.

Homemade all-butter pie crust dough

Homemade honey mustard, made with Vidalia onions.

Juicy peaches and tomatoes form the base of this rich no-cook chilled soup.

Tailgating food at its best: guacamole with fresh corn.

A delicious sangria, sure to cause instant happiness.

Frozen mango margarita made with mint-infused simple syrup

Fresh apricots, roasted, then turned into delicious scones.

Roasted chicken salad with grapes and golden raisins.

Homemade pizza dough made with white wine and honey.