Kelly Brant

3 weeks ago | arkansasonline.com | Kelly Brant

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Like most cooks, when I find a recipe I love, I tend to make it over and over. Like many foodies, I'm always on the lookout for new, different recipes.

3 weeks ago | arkansasonline.com | Kelly Brant

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Recipes that appear in Idea Alley have not been tested by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Last week's recipes for Mexican-style punch and cheese dip like Mexico Chiquito's prompted Janet Alton to request the recipe for Mexico Chiquito's tomato juice cocktail. "It was so good," Alton notes. We've published numerous tomato juice cocktail recipes over the years, but none in recent memory.

3 weeks ago | arkansasonline.com | Kelly Brant

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1 month ago | arkansasonline.com | Kelly Brant

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Recipes that appear in Idea Alley have not been tested by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. We're taking a break from our throwback retro recipe series to respond to some recent recipe requests. But wait, these requests still fall under the throwback retro category as they've appeared here before. Many times before. First up, fruit punch like Mexico Chiquito's for Jay Holsted.

1 month ago | nwaonline.com | Kelly Brant

Spices are essential to good cooking. Even if your spice rack consists of only the basics -- salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika -- your food will be better for it. But add in a handful more spices and the whole world of cuisines can be at your fingertips. There's no one-size-fits-all approach to stocking a spice rack; and many of us, even serious cooks, will likely never use some of the spices included in those sets given to newlyweds.