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June
The Arcade
Nashville has a lot of eccentricities and The Arcade is one of them. It was built in 1902 and modeled after an arcade in Italy….
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…
29
April
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…
23
April
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…
1
February
Chengdu beef and smash burgers
Throw a stone anywhere in the Nashville area and you’ll hit a knockout local restaurant serving delicious food you can’t get anywhere else. I troll…
15
December
The best chili is at Krystal’s
Well, that’s not entirely true. The best chili is my own in my beautiful Staub cocotte, which is a very fancy word for Dutch oven…
23
November
Thanksgiving’s so nice I have it twice
Isn’t it a shame to only have your absolute favorites once a year? Cornbread dressing, all kinds of ooey gooey casseroles, decadent gravy…I could go…
11
November
Austria: They have the meat
Yes, you can get a vegan hummus wrap in Vienna but why would you want to when you can have a big old platter of…
4
November
Rise and shine in Austria
Breakfast is quite a different affair outside the United States. In Austria, it’s simple, restrained and delicious. So a word before we get to the…
3
November
Grazing at the Naschmarkt
We are just back from Austria and I am immeasurably sad. They (whoever “they” are) say that travel changes you. It changed me. Life is…
13
September
The Waffle House Index
As Hurricane Florence slams into the North and South Carolina costs, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is monitoring a vital disaster tracking service: The Waffle…