Caprese salad

One of the most honorable uses of tomatoes in the summer is to assemble a Caprese salad. Ya’ll, I had to look this up but…

Chimichurri

Doesn’t that name just scream fun? Even if you don’t know what it is? I will have to digress for a moment before I actually…

Croutons

Waste not, want not. You know that’s my motto. Every once in awhile I overbuy on the bread and I choose the wrong kind. You…

Greens rethought

Winter Market has started. The days are shorter, the tomatoes are gone. It’s on to root vegetables, which have their own kind of comfort. I…

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…

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….

Kofta Kabobs

What? How did Kofta Kabobs get on a blog about Southern food? Southern Lebanese, perhaps? Someone in Lebanon must speak with a drawl. Actually, in…