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September
Review: Music City Food + Wine
Marcus Samuelsson wows the crowd during his demo I came, I saw, I ate and drank. Year five of the Music City Food and Wine…
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…
Cocktail hour
It’s taken a while but King Daddy and I are getting back to cocktail hour. And it kind of started with a trip to the…
Slow-roasted salmon
You know how when you find one recipe that just knocks your socks off you get kind of excited? It happened to me a couple…
Easy chicken and dumplings
It never makes for a pretty picture. It’s all beige. Sure you could fancy it up with some minced parsley but that would be like…
Gas station chicken and Blue Box
All across the South there are gas stations that hide a delicious secret. The first clue appears when you drive up and notice scores of…
The best enchiladas in the world
It started because I made the best enchiladas in the world the other night and used up the New Mexico Chili Powder. So I had…
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September
Ro-Tel and Velveeta
It’s Football Time in Tennessee and that can mean only one thing — there is a shortage of Ro-Tel canned tomatoes and Velveeta cheese logs…
13
October
Football food
“Football food” is that universal code that anyone who loves a college or professional game understands. Melted cheese is almost always involved. Deep fried is…
7
October
Eating for three
Pat Martin’s (of Martin’s BBQ) live-fire extravaganza brought out the inner caveman in all of us A little late reporting on the Music City Food…
16
September
Music City eats
So when King Daddy, Dammit Boy and I moved to Brentwood, Tennessee, in 1993 there were only two “fine dining” restaurants in the Cool Springs…
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August
Biscuit doughnuts
“Can I help?” If you are seven years old that is the key question of your life. At least if the question is directed to…
20
July
Dorilocos
Disneyland is not the happiest place on Earth. This is: Welcome to La Michoacana Premium. Want to feel like a kid again? Just walk through…
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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…
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April
Banh Mi sandwiches and older age
It became painfully obvious after 15 minutes of standing in a line under a blazing hot sun waiting for a friggin Banh Mi sandwich that…
28
February
Cheese wafers and other funeral food
There are certain foods — cheese straws or wafers chief among them — that are always on the reception table after a funeral in the…