7
April
Off to Thailand
I am roaming up and down the aisles of InterAsian Market searching for something called Chile Jam. It is supposed to be the ketchup of…
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…
17
March
Gas station chicken and Blue Box
All across the South there are gas stations that hide a delicious secret. The first clue appears when you drive up and notice scores of…
11
March
The Bloody Mary Festival
This seemed like an excellent idea when I bought tickets for it for King Daddy’s Christmas present and, indeed, it was. Who doesn’t like a…
4
March
Wiener schnitzel and Tafelspitz
King Daddy and I are going to Vienna. I am tempted to pronounce it Vy-eena as in the town in Georgia. But it is actually…
18
February
The best enchiladas in the world
It started because I made the best enchiladas in the world the other night and used up the New Mexico Chili Powder. So I had…
9
February
Pasta with Garlic, Oil and Anchovy Sauce
“I hate anchovies.” That is the universal reaction I get when I even whisper the word. Everybody thinks they hate anchovies but they don’t. You…
4
February
A religious experience in a plastic cup
It started with Martha Basenberg reading from John 2, verses 1-12. “On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the…
29
January
A new way with pizza
I bore easily which is why I love cooking. There’s always something new and such is the case with a pizza recipe and method I…
18
January
Let me eat quiche
It’s Day 3 of the playing Snow Day Captive as our extremely steep driveway is the last to thaw after what ended up being three…
12
January
Snow days
This morning started as a typical panic day for Southerners when snow is in the forecast. After anxiously checking every hour-by-hour forecast on a variety…