4
February
My own pizza oven
Some techniques just change your life as a cook. Learning how to properly salt food was one for me (much more than you think, until…
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…
15
May
Country sausage and chow-chow flat bread
In the mid-1700s the Acadians began their march from Nova Scotia to Louisiana, where they eventually became known as Cajuns. Fortunately, they made a pit…
29
January
A new way with pizza
I bore easily which is why I love cooking. There’s always something new and such is the case with a pizza recipe and method I…
6
July
In praise of cheap eats
So King Daddy and I were having our more-than-monthly lunch at Costco today, enjoying our Polish dog and combo pizza, when it struck both of…
15
May
Joey’s House of Pizza
It’s only open 11 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays. The parking lot is always full to overflowing. And the line down the cafeteria-style serving area is usually…
14
March
Musings from a sick woman
So, I apologize that I haven’t been around this week. I’ve been sick. I almost never get sick. Maybe once every five or six years….
4
January
We might starve
The Peoples of the South are, of course, petrified. As you can see from this weather map of tomorrow’s weather, there are “minus” signs. The…
12
November
What Chinese students think of Southern food
I just finished taking Noah on a cultural food tour of various parts of the world represented by Nashville food outlets, and now my friend…
6
July
West Wind Farms’ sausage pizza
I shop at my local farmer’s market almost every week. Completely selfish. It makes me feel good. The Franklin Farmer’s Market is all organic and…
5
October
Sage sausage and mushroom pizza
So have you ever wondered where those sausage nubbins that sit atop take-out pizza come from? I actually do. You know what I’m talking about….