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January
New Orleans BBQ Shrimp
When you are feeling super virtuous – like you have just finished running a marathon, raked the entire yard free of leaves or cleaned out…
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…
2
November
Butter-roasted pecans
And I wonder why I have to keep King Daddy on a strict portion-control diet. It’s because I’m an enabler and I can’t help myself,…
8
September
Cholula Roasted Baby Potatoes
I’m pretty proud of my kiddo, Noah, on a number of levels. He’s a smart cookie who just graduated from UT. He knows how to…
2
January
Black-eyed pea salsa
I have always believed I had the market on luck cornered with my strict adherence to traditional Southern superstitions for the new year (read the…
10
February
Organize
Does not everyone organize their spices? Alphabetically? Really? You will hear a lot of advice from some pretty fancy chefs about throwing your spices out…
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…