Our hosts this month, Barbara of Barbara Bakes and Bunnee of Anna+Food have chosen a delicious Stacked Green Chile & Grilled Chicken Enchilada recipe in celebration of Cinco de Mayo! The recipe, featuring a homemade enchilada sauce was found on www.finecooking.com and written by Robb Walsh.

This challenge was one that I was both looking forward to and dreading. Who doesn't love enchiladas? The thought of having to make them in time for a family reunion somewhere in rural country made very ne...

The 2010 April Daring Cooks challenge was hosted by Wolf of Wolf’s Den. She chose to challenge Daring Cooks to make Brunswick Stew. Wolf chose recipes for her challenge from The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook by Matt Lee and Ted Lee, and from the Callaway, Virginia Ruritan Club.

I made this stew believing it was going to be one of those simple, no-nonsense, mild-mannered stews which abound in country women's cookbooks ... and I wasn't wrong. In fact, Brunswick Stew was so easy to ingest ...

Mum's Char Siu Bao or Pork Buns for Bread Baking Day  (BBD) # 28, hosted by Tangerine's Kitchen

You won't find these char siu bao in any Yum Cha joint as they are not very sweet nor is the killer homemade pork filling tinged with red dye. What they are not is what sets them apart. The filling is flavourful, savoury and slightly spicy. The skin is chewy but soft and not at all snow-white in colour (we used unbleached flour). Even though traditional char siu bao calls for super-white, bl...