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March
Ka-Me noodles
We do a lot of stir fried recipes at 5117 to balance out the country fried steak and mac and cheese. There’s a whole lot…
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…
20
February
1448
Now that Noah is working at Cool Springs Wine and Liquor, he’s ruined my cheap box wine habit. He keeps bringing home different kinds of…
14
February
Bamboo waiter’s corkscrew by Oenophilia
I’m kind of a corkscrew snob. I hate those corkscrews with the two metal arms that you push down to release the cork. Amateur hour….