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January
Fettuccine with herbs and pine nuts
So I’ve gotten obsessed with fresh herbs since I was gifted all of Yotam Ottolenghi’s cookbooks for Christmas from King Daddy. When I was growing…
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…
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June
Fresh pasta with herbs
Given the contorted anguish of my last post, I present to you an example of simple is best. I learned a long time ago that…
7
April
Four pepper chicken
Life used to be so sweet and we didn’t even know it then. Before the recession (which one?). Before the newspaper industry took a nosedive….
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March
Seared scallops
Fear of food. Fear of expensive food ruined in a pan. My daughter-in-law, Tammy, was feeling the fear in January when we had our Mayhew/Harbin/Mayhew…
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February
Grape Tomato and Garlic Pasta Sauce
I have to write this quickly because Jim Cantore from the Weather Channel is in town and the Peoples of the South are terrified! Jim…
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December
Blender hollandaise sauce (and a multitude of sins)
I mentioned a Christmas factoid in the last post that most people gain less than a pound between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. I personally think…
24
November
Tortellini with mushrooms and white wine butter sauce
King Daddy is not a good teacher when it comes to things he knows a lot about, such as computer technology and leather working and…
7
November
The Wedge
King Daddy and I were having a discussion about 1950s food the other day. Who didn’t love the “salad” with a pear half, cottage cheese…
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August
Chicken couscous salad
I have consumed far too much funeral food as of late. Sadly, there have been multiple occasions over the last few weeks to provide funeral…
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July
Grilled lemon chicken
Sometimes, simple is really more than okay. My friend, Chef Christo Gonzales, asked me one day how I come up with all these recipes. Well,…