15
May
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…
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…
31
March
Dress for success
Back away from the bottled salad dressing at the super market. No, let me take that back. Get up close to one of those bottles…
18
March
Carrot salad
You have a winner when you find a recipe with basically four ingredients that just wows you. This carrot salad originally came to me from…
29
December
Black-eyed pea salsa
Right now in kitchens throughout the South there is only one question on the minds of their owners. What to make for New Year’s Day….
23
September
Tortellini salad
I have spent the afternoon looking for brand new revolutionary luncheon salads in my 8,493 cookbooks and you know what? There aren’t any. We are…
15
July
The Wedge deconstructed
The Wedge. That iconic salad involving a triangle of iceberg lettuce, blue cheese dressing, tomatoes, croutons and bacon bits. No one lays claim to inventing…
10
July
Food for the immortal soul
‘It’s been a really long week. We lost a beloved member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and mourned with his equally beloved widow. If Jim…
3
July
Novodugino trending
The farm-to-table movement is alive and well in Novodugino, Russia, a rural outpost of about 3,000 people. I know this because Dammit Boy spent several…
21
May
Eating my way through Costco
Admit it. You might think you go to Costco for the 32 gallon jar of hummus or the five pound bag of tortellini. But you…
2
April
My best egg salad
So just in the last few weeks a ton of people have asked for my egg salad recipe. That’s a lie. A friend from church…