30
May
Skirt steak with red wine marinade
It is Memorial Day and I am sitting on my deck sipping a glass of rose and pondering why this holiday just never caught on…
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…
26
May
Real Mexican food
If you live in Nashville, go directly to Nolensville Road. Bypass the Taco Bell and Chuy’s (God, i just hate Chuy’s) and go instead to…
21
May
Eating my way through Costco
Admit it. You might think you go to Costco for the 32 gallon jar of hummus or the five pound bag of tortellini. But you…
28
April
Tex Mex Beef Enchiladas
So you kind of have to try a Beef Enchilada recipe that comes with this header: “These are the enchiladas that the entire Bon Appetit…
14
April
Cumin Beef Stir Fry
Tricks of the trade. That’s what we’re going to talk about today. Stir fry dishes, like casseroles, look so simple on the back end when…
23
February
The meat and potatoes guy
My nephew Max, sister Louise and Rob “the picky eater” Silverstein (niece Ana is off at college) My sister is having hip replacement surgery in…
13
February
Red wine braised short ribs
Red wine braised short ribs — that’s what you want in the miserable abyss that is the dead of winter. We do not do winter…
10
January
Steak, eggs and cheese grits
I have two invaluable life-saving tips for you but, first of all, just tell me that doesn’t look scrumptious. Actually that first part is a…
7
October
My obsession with spaghetti sauce
I was in Asheville this past weekend with the Observer girls. Well, we were all kind of like girls when we started at The Charlotte…
18
September
Food utopia
I cannot convey too much how excited I am about this weekend. My friend, Mary Ann, is flying in from Washington, D.C. and she, Noah…