4
February
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…
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…
15
May
Country sausage and chow-chow flat bread
In the mid-1700s the Acadians began their march from Nova Scotia to Louisiana, where they eventually became known as Cajuns. Fortunately, they made a pit…
29
January
A new way with pizza
I bore easily which is why I love cooking. There’s always something new and such is the case with a pizza recipe and method I…
6
July
In praise of cheap eats
So King Daddy and I were having our more-than-monthly lunch at Costco today, enjoying our Polish dog and combo pizza, when it struck both of…
15
May
Joey’s House of Pizza
It’s only open 11 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays. The parking lot is always full to overflowing. And the line down the cafeteria-style serving area is usually…
14
March
Musings from a sick woman
So, I apologize that I haven’t been around this week. I’ve been sick. I almost never get sick. Maybe once every five or six years….
6
July
West Wind Farms’ sausage pizza
I shop at my local farmer’s market almost every week. Completely selfish. It makes me feel good. The Franklin Farmer’s Market is all organic and…
5
October
Sage sausage and mushroom pizza
So have you ever wondered where those sausage nubbins that sit atop take-out pizza come from? I actually do. You know what I’m talking about….
3
June
Country ham and Swiss pizza
In my never-ending desire to use up every scrap of leftover anything in the fridge, I often rely on my old friend, the pizza. I…
3
April
Beef short rib pizza
I have nothing profound to say about this except that it’s amazing what you can put together from bits and pieces and end up with…