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…
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…
Hollandaise for two
I don’t know if Hollandaise sauce is the most decadent, delicious, lemony, buttery creation ever invented but I’d like you to beat it if you…
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…
Butter muffins
Did I have you at butter? I have a binder that holds recipes that I’ve either made or want to make. I cannot believe this…
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…