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February
Grilled t-bone steaks with crab and Hollandaise
Valentine’s Day is tomorrow. I just know King Daddy has bought me a big ol’ box of chocolates and a dozen red roses. Kidding! KD…
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…
18
January
Always order from the white board
Peking Palace is in a strip shopping center just across from the Target and next to HoneyBaked Ham. For the most part, it’s a traditional…
28
November
Prime Rib with Fennel Coriander Rub
As Thanksgiving approached, King Daddy and Dammit Boy become more and more agitated at the thought that for the fifth time in a month and…
15
November
Cajun ribeye steak with creole butter
We like things spicy at 5117. We have probably 17 bottles of different hot sauces hanging around, plus a healthy supply of sriracha, chile oil…
21
October
My Russian son and borsch (no T!)
I have learned a thing or two from my 22-year-old son and I expect to learn a lot more as time goes by. The first…
13
October
The Big Easy
I have fried a turkey the traditional way once. ONCE. It was at Bunny and Paul’s house in Knoxville and here’s how it went. I…
23
September
Music City Food and Wine: My Top Picks
Oh, I am so depressed. Almost suicidal. They let me in to the Disneyland of Food for two days and then shut the gates for…
16
September
Portobello Patty Melts with Comeback Sauce
So bad and yet so good. A patty melt is just a hamburger on a piece of bread, but when you add comeback sauce to…
12
August
Ham dip and the Princess
The Princess is in the house and the first order of the day is ham dip. We are at our beloved Oak Haven Resort for…
30
July
The Pioneer Woman’s Salisbury Steak
So one of the things I love about cooking is that, really, there are no rules. I’m not a rules girl. It’s probably why I…