12
November
Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours
Thanksgiving was Saturday and almost the whole family was there. The day started out with my granddaughter, Sydney, helping Granbunny make cinnamon apples and Nana…
The circle of life
Last Friday, I took a pan of lasagna to a new mother of twins (she’s not a new mother, she has another tiny human now…
Carnitas: So much lard
Terrell said: “Never buy lard in the grocery store. It’s full of chemicals.” That advice from a dear friend kept me from lard for about…
Peach cobbler
If you are lucky, as I am, one day in late spring you find a portable tent at the entrance to your farmer’s market. Under…
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…
29
October
Red beans and rice
King Daddy wanted red beans and rice. I try to cater to King Daddy’s food whims as they occur as I am a good wife….
25
July
Leeks with mustard-bacon vinaigrette
I have joined a cookbook club. There are only 16,000 members so we have a lot of time for one-on-one communication. That’s a lie. Not…
1
July
Food myths that make me crazy
One of the great things about loving to cook is that you’re continually learning. I may be one dimensional in this way (okay, I am…
13
May
The Millennial gardens
Apparently I was doing it all wrong last year, which is why the vegetable garden at CRC World Headquarters failed miserably. The Millennial advised me…
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…
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…
14
April
Cumin Beef Stir Fry
Tricks of the trade. That’s what we’re going to talk about today. Stir fry dishes, like casseroles, look so simple on the back end when…
3
January
Hasselback potatoes
Hasselback potatoes are what happens when a potato puts its sexy dress on. They were invented in Sweden back when Thomas Jefferson was still walking…
25
November
The best Brussels sprouts you’ll never eat
Or at least you won’t eat them this week. I have learned — exclusively apparently — that there is a Brussels sprouts shortage. A crisis,…