By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) It looks like the holidays are at our doorstep: Traffic is terrible, people are fighting for that last parking space, little old ladies are running you down with their shopping carts, and you can’t get down the aisles at the grocery store for all the little rascals clogging up

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) I’ve already said it many times. Can you believe we are already in the holiday season? Paula’s gonna have to do overtime on her most profitable corner to pay for the holidays. Because the holidays are nearing, I decided to give you traditional, everyday recipes instead of holiday cooking. In this issue,

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hey, guys! Where has the year gone? Halloween has come and gone; I thought about giving you some belated spooky recipes, but figured everyone had enough of those.  Now we are staring Thanksgiving and Christmas right in the face. You have to try this Filipino chicken. My mother became friends with

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Welcome to the fall season! As the seasons change, so do our appetites. In this issue I’m concentrating on giving you some easy chicken recipes. Everyone knows how Paula loves chasing chicken (not choking) around Montrose. But back to cooking. Whoever invented the slow cooker crock-pot should be given the gay

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

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hello again, STAR readers! For this issue, I’ve got some interesting dishes for you that fit the fall weather that is coming on. First, here’s a recipe that I concocted the other night. I had bought too much smoked sausage for a catering event, so needed to use it

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Well folks, another summer has come and gone, so let’s start with a couple of recipes that are easy enough to “fall” into. How about a good (non-beef) burger with some good fries to go along with it? The final recipe is a bonus. It is different and great to

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hey, guys! Can you believe we are already in the middle of August? Seems just like yesterday I was giving you recipes for Christmas. Well, we have another holiday coming up and in this issue I am giving you some recipes for, maybe, your last summer pool party. We have Splash coming up

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) How you guys doing?  Hope you are doing well with this sweltering heat. It don’t help much when you are going through menopause. But enough of that. Let’s do some cooking. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like a good pot pie. This recipe is so easy. Don’t turn your nose up yet, until you

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Well readers, Paula just returned from a “triangle” bar tour. Longview, Dallas, and Austin. What an eye opening experience. It makes you appreciate our drink prices. It was also an eye opener of how much more advanced our sister cities are. And the boys — oh my, oh my! H O T! Also, a greater