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October
Lamb and yams
Sometimes the most chance encounter can just change your life, you know? Mark and I are at the Franklin Farmer’s Market this morning and we…
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…
18
July
Squash casserole
I believe there are two camps where squash casserole is concerned: the camp that likes their squash casserole with identifiable chunks of squash and the…
22
June
Iced gin and tomato sandwiches
It’s hot. I almost never complain about the weather in the South. It’s always hot and sticky in the summer and cold and dreary in…
3
June
Fried chicken wings
I have always been a chicken wing fanatic because, as you all know, you can eat four or five chicken wings and it will never…
30
May
Homemade croutons
I think I started making my own croutons because I’m cheap. And because I think the croutons they sell at the supermarket are tasteless nubs….
4
May
Shrimp and grits
Have you ever noticed that when disaster strikes somehow food is involved at some point? At least it is in the South. A friend told…
20
April
Sole Meuniere
I’m doing something in real time right now. I don’t know if I want to know the answer. My absolute favorite fish in the world…
15
April
Five food memories with Mark
Ya’ll, Mark and I are celebrating our 20th anniversary today and I can tell you without equivocation that the basis of our extremely happy marriage…
10
April
Almond butter cookies
That would be almond butter as in peanut butter, not butter cookies with almonds in them. So a few weeks ago I started noticing almond…
27
March
Family
Sometimes you do things you normally wouldn’t do. Because of family. Such is the case tonight. We are in Knoxville with Granddaddy. Granbunny is at…