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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…
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…
14
April
Chicken Parmigiana and Mushroom Ravioli
So I think it says something that for King Daddy’s and my 25th wedding anniversary we went to Macaroni Grill for lunch. And then we…
19
March
Real Fettuccine Alfredo
So, in my continuing campaign to introduce Noah to “what that dish actually is” (we’ve already accomplished real Caesar salad dressing – not that awful…
21
February
Blue Box versus Shells and Cheese
This is what happens when you are housebound for six days (and counting) because of an ice storm and below freezing temperatures. You actually start…
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…
13
January
Fettuccine with herbs and pine nuts
So I’ve gotten obsessed with fresh herbs since I was gifted all of Yotam Ottolenghi’s cookbooks for Christmas from King Daddy. When I was growing…
4
December
Eating my way through Natchez
Peoples of the South, I am stuffed. I do not need to eat another morsel for at least three weeks. After I have my seafood…
29
September
The return of mini ravioli
This is a tale about mini ravioli. Once beloved, then lost and now found again. When my son was a little boy he only ate…
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…
21
July
The best mac and cheese
So there’s a fairly lengthy story about this best mac and cheese. It involves a pressure cooker, PBS’s America’s Test Kitchen and a radio interview….