7
January
Making sausage
We had a saying when I was in the news business: “News is like sausage. Better not to see how it is made.” However, Miss…
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…
6
January
Chicken Diane
Take a stroll down memory lane, if you’re married, and remember what it was like in those blissful first few months of holy matrimony. For…
3
January
Dirty rice
Southerners are a superstitious lot, and New Year’s Day illustrates that fact perfectly. Three things every Southern table must see on New Year’s Day: black…
31
December
Martin’s BBQ
This just says it all. The smoker inside Martin’s BBQ in Nolensville. It is open on one side of the dining room so that, if…
30
December
Cheater’s casserole
My son, Noah, got very lucky when he entered high school. He found forever friends. And I got lucky, too, because they’re all adventurous eaters…
26
December
The Chapin family dressing
I loved, loved, loved having early Thanksgiving in the Smoky Mountains with our extended Mayhew/Harbin family. And I also loved having it again with our…
24
December
Lemon Spaghetti
So the boys are both off working and I am left to my own devices. I will freely admit that when they’re both home for…
21
December
Pasta and prosciutto
Do you ever get tired of making the same dish? That was a topic on Chowhound recently and it got me to thinking about my…
19
December
The Christmas pageant
It is a tradition at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, as it is at most churches, that the children of the church participate in a Christmas…
17
December
Creamed chipped beef on toast
Oh no! I can hear you saying it right now. She’s not writing about S— on a Shingle. But I am! I can’t remember when…