12
August
Buttermilk biscuits with honey butter
Buttermilk biscuits are hard. Or they can be. Literally. King Daddy’s Granny Belle made extremely tender buttermilk biscuits. King Daddy never bothered to stand at…
Buttermilk biscuits with honey butter
Buttermilk biscuits are hard. Or they can be. Literally. King Daddy’s Granny Belle made extremely tender buttermilk biscuits. King Daddy never bothered to stand at…
Southern supper
You just get that itch. It comes sometime around late June or early July around here. You go to the farmer’s market one Saturday just…
Whipped ricotta
This is going to be short and sweet. I have two words for you that will change your life. Whipped ricotta. It’s a thing, whipped…
Pantry pasta
Things I always have on hand: some kind of dried pasta, Parmesan cheese, olive oil, red pepper flakes, anchovies or anchovy paste and garlic. In…
The circle of life
Last Friday, I took a pan of lasagna to a new mother of twins (she’s not a new mother, she has another tiny human now…
Carnitas: So much lard
Terrell said: “Never buy lard in the grocery store. It’s full of chemicals.” That advice from a dear friend kept me from lard for about…
7
August
The 112 dollar bottle of mayonnaise
Dammit Boy loves his mayonnaise. Always has. When he was little he made his own mayonnaise, salt and pepper sandwiches. Yes, he made that up….
29
July
Southern supper
You just get that itch. It comes sometime around late June or early July around here. You go to the farmer’s market one Saturday just…
22
July
No passport required
Two of the most influential culinary lights have gone out. First, Anthony Bourdain in June and now Jonathan Gold a couple of days ago. You…
8
July
Whipped ricotta
This is going to be short and sweet. I have two words for you that will change your life. Whipped ricotta. It’s a thing, whipped…
1
July
Pantry pasta
Things I always have on hand: some kind of dried pasta, Parmesan cheese, olive oil, red pepper flakes, anchovies or anchovy paste and garlic. In…
17
June
The circle of life
Last Friday, I took a pan of lasagna to a new mother of twins (she’s not a new mother, she has another tiny human now…
3
June
Carnitas: So much lard
Terrell said: “Never buy lard in the grocery store. It’s full of chemicals.” That advice from a dear friend kept me from lard for about…
26
May
Peach cobbler
If you are lucky, as I am, one day in late spring you find a portable tent at the entrance to your farmer’s market. Under…
15
May
Country sausage and chow-chow flat bread
In the mid-1700s the Acadians began their march from Nova Scotia to Louisiana, where they eventually became known as Cajuns. Fortunately, they made a pit…