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August
Squash casserole (don’t hate me)
We are a little dim in the South. You know that old saying from Edmund Burke, “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat…
Tortellini salad
I have spent the afternoon looking for brand new revolutionary luncheon salads in my 8,493 cookbooks and you know what? There aren’t any. We are…
Music City eats
So when King Daddy, Dammit Boy and I moved to Brentwood, Tennessee, in 1993 there were only two “fine dining” restaurants in the Cool Springs…
Gluten-free appetizers
Gluten-free appetizers. Not three words I normally (ever) put together. But desperate times call for desperate measures and I had to come up with a…
The butchers of Germantown
Don’t tell King Daddy, but I have two new favorite boyfriends — the butchers of Germantown. I first fell in love with Donald Link when…
Peach cobbler
I seem to be on a cobbler kick of late, probably because summer fruits are still with us even though I’m more than ready for…
Not enough wine in the world
So Mommy was a little bit of a mess this last week. Dammit Boy headed to Moscow to study. I told myself about a thousand…
22
April
Cheese grits
Grits, it seems, are (is?) a very controversial topic. If you’re in the South, it’s whether to have them sweet or savory. Sweet is with…
9
January
Cheese and ground beef casserole
Well, I am just about to cry. After a week of the Polar Vortex, now I am given to understand that there may be a…
18
December
Bad, bad, bad (and a recipe for stuffing)
So the afternoon began with onion dip and potato chips. It went deliciously downhill from there. You will be appalled. I am, too. But I…
10
November
Old food
Mark and I were talking last night about cubed steak in the South versus cubed steak in the North. Down here, it’s breaded and fried…
22
July
Cracked wheat salad
Self-control. Isn’t that just the hardest thing? I was at a gathering today with some of the Women of St. Paul’s and we were talking…
14
July
Top 5 ingredients you’re embarrassed to have in your pantry (and smothered country fried steak)
If you consider yourself to be a sophisticated cook who routinely uses ingredients like fish sauce, beef short ribs and Thai red chile paste, should…
30
April
Grilled pimento cheese spread and bacon sandwiches
As you all know, the Chicks at the Community Resource Center celebrate every Wednesday with bacon. And we had a truly revolutionary Bacon Wednesday a…
10
March
We are worms
It is the first day of Lent. If you are not Catholic or Episcopalian, this probably means nothing to you. But if you are, this…
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…