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January
Nashville hot chicken
King Daddy remembers the day he and some of his colleagues visited Prince’s Hot Chicken. One of them ordered the extra hot. It was a…
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…
15
January
My favorite French fries
French fries. I will drive a half hour for a good plate of fries. Over the years, I’ve eaten them from hundreds if not thousands…
6
January
Holler and Dash
It has now been four hours since I consumed the most delicious biscuit sandwich I’ve ever eaten. And I still can’t move. Like not an…
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…
5
September
The butchers of Germantown
Don’t tell King Daddy, but I have two new favorite boyfriends — the butchers of Germantown. I first fell in love with Donald Link when…
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…
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…
26
May
Real Mexican food
If you live in Nashville, go directly to Nolensville Road. Bypass the Taco Bell and Chuy’s (God, i just hate Chuy’s) and go instead to…
24
April
Pig, cheese and bivalves
Pig, cheese and bivalves, which is to say a life-changing brunch at The Honeysuckle. Sunday is King Daddy’s and my staycation day. Recreational eating is…