24
December
Meatloaf
There are certain strict rules to making a successful meatloaf. NOT! Meatloaf is like a casserole. You throw in a little of this, a smidge…
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…
23
February
The meat and potatoes guy
My nephew Max, sister Louise and Rob “the picky eater” Silverstein (niece Ana is off at college) My sister is having hip replacement surgery in…
14
June
All-American meatloaf burgers
It’s burger time! Actually, it’s always burger time for me. I love them in any form – high or low. Love the Five Guys. Love…
27
March
Grilled meatloaf with garbage can mashed potatoes
Oh, you want this. You so want this. Smoky meatloaf and mashed potatoes studded with all the good stuff. You want it so badly, you…
29
May
The meatloaf sandwich
Noah texts me the other day from his friend’s house: “Mom, would you make meatloaf for me?” Why, yes! Yes, I will. I never get…
27
February
Tips
No, not the kind you give to your server, whose name is Brandy. And, by the way, where did that whole thing start? “My name…
14
February
Collar that pie
Is there anything that doesn’t work better with silicone? How did our grandmothers ever turn out a cake without it? If you haven’t tried silicone…
21
February
I’m a gamer (and meatloaf)
“Mom, you’re a gamer!” Noah said with no small expression of surprise yesterday. Yes, I am and I have to write about it just to…
2
February
Meatloaf
We have been snowed in for four days now, with the exception of the perilous trips to Jack in the Box, Five Guys, and Buca…