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…
Twice baked sweet potatoes with sausage and leeks
We are heading to the mountains for the annual Mayhew/Harbin/Mayhew family reunion and it was time to clean out the fridge here at 5117. King…
Blueberry lemon bread
Every year a group of us go blueberry picking. It sounds so idyllic. Rise early on a June morning when the heat has yet to…
Leeks with mustard-bacon vinaigrette
I have joined a cookbook club. There are only 16,000 members so we have a lot of time for one-on-one communication. That’s a lie. Not…
New England shrimp rolls
This is how most recipes for lobster rolls start: Take a whole lobster and boil it until the shell turns red. I’m just not doing…
My 43 dollar best-ever grilled cheese
King Daddy wanted a grilled cheese sandwich. Easy enough. ‘Merican cheese, maybe a slice of tomato. One and done. But that wasn’t what he had…
Food myths that make me crazy
One of the great things about loving to cook is that you’re continually learning. I may be one dimensional in this way (okay, I am…
30
September
Cacio e pepe
I have been struggling the last few days to determine the best way to convey to you the beautiful yet complex deliciousness of a simple…
23
September
Tortellini salad
I have spent the afternoon looking for brand new revolutionary luncheon salads in my 8,493 cookbooks and you know what? There aren’t any. We are…
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…
11
September
Gluten-free appetizers
Gluten-free appetizers. Not three words I normally (ever) put together. But desperate times call for desperate measures and I had to come up with a…
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…
2
September
Peach cobbler
I seem to be on a cobbler kick of late, probably because summer fruits are still with us even though I’m more than ready for…
28
August
Not enough wine in the world
So Mommy was a little bit of a mess this last week. Dammit Boy headed to Moscow to study. I told myself about a thousand…
20
August
Biscuit doughnuts
“Can I help?” If you are seven years old that is the key question of your life. At least if the question is directed to…
11
August
Poppy seed chicken casserole
The annual Mayhew/Harbin/Mayhew reunion will commence promptly sometime Sunday whenever we feel like getting to the Smoky Mountain cabin we rent every year. That is…