20
February
Five Guys potato casserole
I’ll just get right to it today. The Mayhews are devoted to Five Guys hamburgers and fries. I will speak a little heresy here. If…
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…
18
February
Cream cheese and walnut sandwiches
This is going to be a long way to get to Martha Dorney’s funeral. But I’ll try to make it as brief as possible. I…
17
February
Peanut
I understand that it is highly unsanitary and completely incorrect to let your cat sleep on the kitchen counter. I understand this completely. When we…
15
February
Mole sauce
First of all, I would like to say that I wish I knew how to make that little mark over the “e” in mole that…
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…
10
February
Sausage yeast rolls
I am so sorry at this moment that some of you reading this don’t live in or near Nashville. Because, unfortunately for you, that means…
10
February
Organize
Does not everyone organize their spices? Alphabetically? Really? You will hear a lot of advice from some pretty fancy chefs about throwing your spices out…
7
February
Pasta the new way
I am simply shocked that I have discovered something completely new, totally unheard of, about the simple fact of boiling pasta. I have the requisite…
4
February
Butter-topped yeast rolls
I got you there, didn’t I? Rolls. Butter. Oh, yes. So I am over at Miss Wanda Woolen’s house last Sunday with the other English…
1
February
The other chili
I know. I must have some kind of chili obsession going this week. But there’s a reason for it, and then I will just get…