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January
Hollandaise for two
I don’t know if Hollandaise sauce is the most decadent, delicious, lemony, buttery creation ever invented but I’d like you to beat it if you…
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…
My own pizza oven
Some techniques just change your life as a cook. Learning how to properly salt food was one for me (much more than you think, until…
Chengdu beef and smash burgers
Throw a stone anywhere in the Nashville area and you’ll hit a knockout local restaurant serving delicious food you can’t get anywhere else. I troll…
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March
Husk Nashville
You want to go to Husk in Nashville. You really do. Yes, relative to the Waffle House, it is expensive. But is $12-$14 for lunch…
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October
The third Saturday in October: Cherry tomatoes and despair
It is the third Saturday in October. There are beautiful sweet cherry tomatoes at the Farmer’s Market. That will be a bright spot in an…
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June
Eggs Benedict
Do not be afraid. Really, you can do this because I’m going to give you the two most spectacular tips ever for producing restaurant-quality Eggs…
21
March
Eggs Benedict
Well, I am sorry to report to ya’ll tonight that Team 6 suffered a serious setback in the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Breakfast Team championship….
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March
Smack talk at church
“You’re not going to serve those $8 sausages at breakfast are you?” Greer Carlisle asked suspiciously. We were standing in front of the West Wind…