17
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…
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…
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…
10
April
Crawfish boil
Money can’t by happiness but it can buy crawfish and that’s sort of the same thing. Yesterday morning, Donald Link went out into the Louisiana…
9
April
Grilled bacon, egg and pimento cheese sandwiches
King Daddy are devoted to several breakfast spots out in the world. Chief among them are Waffle House (hash browns covered, smothered and chunked), Krystal…
5
April
King Daddy, let’s eat
King Daddy and I did a little recreational eating this weekend. It’s called the Franklin on Foot food tour. It’s a tasting of Southern foods…
2
April
My best egg salad
So just in the last few weeks a ton of people have asked for my egg salad recipe. That’s a lie. A friend from church…
31
March
Kraft changed the Blue Box
So this is heresy. This is a cataclysmic culinary sea changes. This is just not right. Kraft changed the ingredients in its iconic macaroni and…
20
March
The best bacon (so far)
My relationship with bacon is intensely personal. It’s all about my father. My father lived to eat rather than eating to live. He adored a…
12
March
The best real Chinese food ever
I am still pondering the chicken feet, beef tendon and cow stomach. I’d like to think I could happily go there but I have done…
9
March
Smashed fried potatoes
This is my new favorite side dish, especially for a steak – smashed fried potatoes. You’ll need those beautiful small round potatoes most grocery stores…