1
September
Hot chicken investigated
Big Shake’s Cry Baby Hot Chicken I have just finished an exhaustive investigation into Nashville Hot Chicken. That’s a lie. I will never end my…
Austria: They have the meat
Yes, you can get a vegan hummus wrap in Vienna but why would you want to when you can have a big old platter of…
Rise and shine in Austria
Breakfast is quite a different affair outside the United States. In Austria, it’s simple, restrained and delicious. So a word before we get to the…
Grazing at the Naschmarkt
We are just back from Austria and I am immeasurably sad. They (whoever “they” are) say that travel changes you. It changed me. Life is…
Filet Mignon with Mushroom Cream Sauce
I am embarrassed to say that I figured this out completely by mistake. In general, I shop at all the wrong grocery stores. Yes, my…
Salted Butter and Chocolate Chunk Shortbread
Remember back in the day when the Neiman Marcus chocolate chip cookie recipe became infamous because it was falsely stated that a woman who asked…
Roasted tomatoes
Somewhere around the beginning of September, I commit heresy. I admit, barely above a whisper, that I’m sick of tomatoes. I remember wistfully those first…
26
August
How competition BBQ almost ruined me
A Chicks in Charge competition rib box I am smoking ribs in my Big Green Egg on the deck. It is a beautiful Saturday afternoon…
15
August
Dinner: Changing the Game
Buy this book. I was initially lukewarm about Dinner Changing the Game because I thought, “How revolutionary can this be?” I have easily more than…
5
August
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…
30
July
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…
25
July
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…
15
July
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…
6
July
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…
1
July
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…
23
June
Sausage gravy
Sausage gravy and I go way back. I learned how to make it in high school from my first boyfriend’s mother. It was a revelation….