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…
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…
5
May
Soberdough Bread
Soberdough. Remember that name. I was in Monteagle for the annual Women of St. Paul’s retreat and I wandered into Mountain Goat Market looking for…
23
April
The 100-layer doughnut
You. Want. THIS. How have I lived a life without a Five Daughters Bakery 100-layer doughnut? How? It’s been a shell of a life, really….
17
February
Meat bread
I promise I will get to the meat bread in a moment. So someone once told me that P.F. Chang’s exists for unadventurous people who…
1
September
A shameful day
Sometimes you have a bad day. A shameful day. A day you’re actually regretting while you’re having it. But you do it anyway. That has…
26
June
Beer-marinated skirt steak tacos with spicy salsa
I am trying hard to only shop the outer aisles of my beloved Publix. I listen to about 53 food podcasts a week in the…
11
June
The best hot dog in the world
So it’s been a hard few weeks for a variety of reasons I won’t go into here because I hate it when people whine on…
26
May
Breakfast Sausage Cheese Squares
The Peoples of the South have a thing about breakfast casseroles. We are not yogurt and granola-eating people. Well, some of us are. But they’re…
28
April
On turning 63 at the Waffle House
Think of the Waffle House as the 1950s Main Street diner you never had growing up. The layout is always the same—open kitchen, booths, counter…
26
February
Creamed chipped beef on toast
Over the last two weeks, anyone reading this blog probably thinks, “That woman just eats nothing but trashy food.” I know. It’s pathetic. But this…