By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hello, everyone! Well, spring has definitely sprung, and so have the allergies, right? But spring break is over so let the summer fun begin. I hope we are blessed with a tolerable atmosphere for summer with more parties and more gatherings. I’m bringing you some tasty recipes in this

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hello again, everyone! Hoping everyone has a good and safe Easter holiday.    In my family, it was just understood that we would be in church almost every Sunday. However, it was even more understood that we would travel to my grandmother’s house to go to her little country church

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood)  This issue’s recipes are all about easy (like me)! And one of the easiest spring recipes to make is a baked ham. Naturally, ham is a given. For Christmas, I baked a glazed ham that everyone went crazy over. Many have asked for my glaze recipe. So here it is, and

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hello again, readers. I trust everyone is keeping their New Year’s resolutions. I am watching those vodka calories, glass by glass.   And here we are at Valentine’s Day again. Instead of fighting the restaurant lines and reservations, you have decided to just stay home with your honey (or honeys,

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Well, what a fun ride it’s been over the years! And I’m ending this year with a couple of great dessert recipes.   Be sure to try this Depression-era cake recipe that my grandmother, married at 14 years old, made ’til the day she died in her late eighties. The stories

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Holiday greetings to everyone! Wow, what a year this has been! And where did the time go? Here we are into the holidays already. Hopefully you have stayed well.  Holiday feast guests always ask the question: “What can I bring to the table?†In this issue, I’m giving you three recipes

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Well, folks, fall has arrived and before you know it, Christmas will be here. The daylight savings time change coming up makes the change of life hard for some of you old girls, so I’m giving you some fantastic recipes using cranberry sauce, which many of you only associate with

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) What’s the old saying? If you can’t stand the heat, then get out of the kitchen. Boy, how true! Hope everyone is staying safe in this triple-digit heat that our A/C units are fighting for us.  The recipes for this issue are a little unusual. They’re all about breakfast. We love breakfast at my

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood)  Hope everyone is tolerating this heat wave and staying safe.    A good friend of mine gave me a big bag of fresh shrimp.  Boy, does he know the way to my heart and belly!  I started thinking of different ways I could prepare them other than just boiled. I started

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hello, everyone! Paula is just returning back from a cruise and trying to get back in the swing of things. I’m already planning for the next one in the fall!    Hope you are enjoying the beginning of summer. I’m sure there will be many pool parties and cookouts.  I know