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October
Chicken with Cilantro Lime Cream Sauce
You know how those food magazines ask famous people what’s always in their fridge? And it’s always healthy? I just cannot relate to that. My…
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…
26
October
Lard at last
It only took 689 miles and three hand-offs, but my lard has finally arrived. I am just so happy. And I think I can now…
24
October
Cow’s head tacos
Do not get grossed out on me. Do not. The single most unusual thing at the Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium were the cow’s head tacos…
24
October
One of the greatest meals of my life
I don’t know where to begin, so I will just start. I had one of the greatest meals of my life today. Of my life….
23
October
I am getting full
There is too much of a good thing, I am discovering. Maybe I am just not cut out for marathon eating, although I am trying….
22
October
Southern Foodways Alliance, Day Two
I could just not be any happier tonight. I have spent an entire day eating Lebanese food at the Southern Foodways Alliance’s Delta Divertissement. An…
21
October
Southern Foodways Alliance, Day One
So, things are not going as expected. I head to Greenwood, Mississippi, early this morning for the Delta Divertissement, the prelude to the Southern Foodways…
18
October
Cream gravy
I first encountered cream gravy in high school at my boyfriend’s house. Tommy and his highly unorthodox family lived in the middle of an orange…
14
October
Cherry pie
I don’t know why some people get their panties in a wad over Crisco. I just love the stuff. Crisco is the reason my cornbread…
12
October
Howard tackles sausage balls
My friend Howard Lewis undertook the ambitious task of making sausage balls this past weekend. Howard is the travel agent to the stars in Beverly…