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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…
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…
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…
1
October
More better butter
I was in a fabulous Indian grocery store today stocking up on ingredients to take my new Made In India cookbook for a spin. Fresh…
24
September
A new way to cook salmon
I am getting my cooking mojo back. The Food 52 Cookbook Club is forcing me out of my Southern casserole-loving, fried-food obsessed rut. This month,…
17
September
Review: Music City Food + Wine
Marcus Samuelsson wows the crowd during his demo I came, I saw, I ate and drank. Year five of the Music City Food and Wine…
10
September
Ro-Tel and Velveeta
It’s Football Time in Tennessee and that can mean only one thing — there is a shortage of Ro-Tel canned tomatoes and Velveeta cheese logs…
6
September
Chardonnay is a clear liquid
I am having a colonoscopy tomorrow. Too much information? No, you need to know about this. Not mine personally. Just about the procedure. I had…
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…
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…