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December
Orange-rosemary butter cookies
This is your new favorite holiday cookie. I promise you. It’s for non-bakers who want to making something sweet. I am, for the most part,…
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…
My own pizza oven
Some techniques just change your life as a cook. Learning how to properly salt food was one for me (much more than you think, until…
2
December
Chorizo and eggs
When King Daddy and I moved to Reno in 1989 we left a lot of Southern behind – country ham, Duke’s mayonnaise and bulk Tennessee…
26
November
Fettuccine with Lemon Cream Sauce
The very first meal I ever “cooked” was in junior high school. I had a home economics class and one of the assignments was to…
19
November
Chapin dressing
It’s not pretty. It’s just not. But it’s all I’ve been thinking about all week. I call this “Northern” dressing. When I serve it here,…
12
November
Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours
Thanksgiving was Saturday and almost the whole family was there. The day started out with my granddaughter, Sydney, helping Granbunny make cinnamon apples and Nana…
5
November
I need a Christmas cookie
Not to eat. I need a Christmas cookie that can go on the sweets tier at the St. Paul’s English Tea. It’s in a month…
29
October
Red beans and rice
King Daddy wanted red beans and rice. I try to cater to King Daddy’s food whims as they occur as I am a good wife….
22
October
Bulgogi
Almost the entire reason to make this ultra flavorful Korean beef dish is to acquire magical gochujang, a super flavorful hot and sweet chili sauce….
14
October
Why you should shop at global grocery stores
I have been pondering a lot lately what it means to be Southern when it comes to food. The definition used to be simple. Fried…
8
October
I ate too much
It has come to my attention after reviewing the photos in my phone that I ate too much this week. Burp. In my defense, it…