30
May
Skirt steak with red wine marinade
It is Memorial Day and I am sitting on my deck sipping a glass of rose and pondering why this holiday just never caught on…
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…
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…
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…
15
May
Poppy seed chicken
Poppy seed chicken is what you take to people for whom cooking is temporarily not an option. Sometimes it’s funeral food, but this weekend it…
12
May
Mini cinnamon bacon rolls
Mini cinnamon bacon rolls were one of my contributions to the Mother’s Day coffee hours at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The Hospitality Committee of St….
5
May
Soberdough Bread
Soberdough. Remember that name. I was in Monteagle for the annual Women of St. Paul’s retreat and I wandered into Mountain Goat Market looking for…
1
May
Strawberry Pie
“Would you make me a strawberry pie?” King Daddy asked me a few days ago. Strawberry Pie? I’d never heard of it. But Mark has…
28
April
Tex Mex Beef Enchiladas
So you kind of have to try a Beef Enchilada recipe that comes with this header: “These are the enchiladas that the entire Bon Appetit…
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…
23
April
The 100-layer doughnut
You. Want. THIS. How have I lived a life without a Five Daughters Bakery 100-layer doughnut? How? It’s been a shell of a life, really….