15
July
New England shrimp rolls
This is how most recipes for lobster rolls start: Take a whole lobster and boil it until the shell turns red. I’m just not doing…
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…
28
May
Julie’s granola
I have been on a little bit of a sugar rampage lately and I’m not sure why. I actually looked this up on the Internet…
21
May
The Mayonnaise Man
My son turns 25 tomorrow. I sent him mayonnaise. What a good mommy am I! What an extravagant present. So meaningful. Actually, it is. Mommy,…
28
April
Blue Apron versus Hello Fresh
If you’d told me just a few years ago that I’d be enthusiastically using a mail order food service, I would have called you insane….
6
April
Croissants, Crispins and special sauce
An occasional compendium of products I love… It occurred to me this morning as I was eating my perfectly baked buttery croissant fresh out of…
25
March
Chicken and waffles
Here is the story of how chicken and waffles became a thing. Back in the 1930s when jazz greats in Harlem finished their gigs for…
15
January
My favorite French fries
French fries. I will drive a half hour for a good plate of fries. Over the years, I’ve eaten them from hundreds if not thousands…
28
October
Amish food
The cherry red motor coach rumbled down the country road like a bull in a china shop. All along the way curious plain people in…
9
October
Wine in grocery stores
I have one word to say about wine in grocery stores. YIPPEE! Those of you in other parts of the country are scratching your heads,…
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…