1
June
Grocery shopping for Noah
I may have gone overboard. Just a wee bit. At least Mark thinks so. We have just installed Noah in his first apartment in Knoxville,…
An apron with my name
I want an apron with my name on it. I stopped working full time in January. I can’t quite bring myself to call it “retired.”…
Falling out of love with my grill
I never thought I would see this day and I’m even hesitant to write about it, but I’ve had a revelation regarding my gas grill…
The Wedge
Forget grain bowls, coconut-oil based dressings and…please…no more kale. Lately, I’ve been pining away for a good old Wedge. No one knows who invented that…
Make yourself a regular
King Daddy and I adopted a travel plan when we first went overseas. Go to one locale and make yourself a regular. When we went…
Goulash
I seem to be surrounded by goulash these days. Now that Dammit Boy lives in Vienna he makes it or eats it in a restaurant…
The fruit ninja
My son, who many of you know as Dammit Boy, is a 26-year-old research associate at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. He is…
8
May
Grilled Filet Mignon with Bernaise Sauce
This will be my 20th Mother’s Day. And I have loved every Mother’s Day present I’ve ever received. The tote bag with Noah’s hand prints…
18
April
My $150 dinner
I am as cheap as they come. I revel in a $7.35 lunch for two at the Krystal. Fifty percent off of anything? I’m there….
8
April
Welcome Happy Morning…the end of Lent
In the Episcopal church, especially in our Episcopal Church, St. Paul’s, we always greet Easter morning by belting out a soulful rendition of “Welcome Happy…
3
April
Beef short rib pizza
I have nothing profound to say about this except that it’s amazing what you can put together from bits and pieces and end up with…
27
March
Grilled meatloaf with garbage can mashed potatoes
Oh, you want this. You so want this. Smoky meatloaf and mashed potatoes studded with all the good stuff. You want it so badly, you…
10
March
Burger love
We are only seventeen days into Lent. Twenty-three days to go. And all we Episcopalians can do is talk about what we’ve given up. It’s…
1
February
Meat stadium
Well, I just had to smile at this. Barry Martin, my amigo at Char-Broil, e-mailed me about his staff building a meat stadium for the…
24
January
Homemade corned beef hash
Corned beef hash is such a Northern thing. I don’t know why. I realized this a few years ago at a church breakfast. We arrived…
14
January
Empanadas
Ya’ll are such party poopers. Not one single person commented on my brilliant kale post, except a guy in Reno who saw it on my…