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October
Chili-dusted pimento cheese balls
The Women of St. Paul’s happily held their semi-annual Sherry Party last week at Kathy Berry’s house. There are not many women who can boast…
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…
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September
Mole with pine nuts and golden raisins
A very exciting thing has been happening in our supermarkets down here in the South. Over the course of the last few years, they have…
17
August
Caprese salad
One of the most honorable uses of tomatoes in the summer is to assemble a Caprese salad. Ya’ll, I had to look this up but…
15
August
Cafeteria food
No, it is not what you think at all. Broken-hearted, once again, I have taken Noah back to the University of Tennessee for his sophomore…
9
August
Food therapy
It would be unseemly to boast about the exceptional quality of the funeral food that arrived at Bunny’s house after the passing of my father-in-law….
24
July
Cheese straws
The Women of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church bake sale was a huge success and there was not even any alcohol consumed. I cannot say the…
25
May
Chicken Divan Two
I do not like change. I say I do, but I don’t. When Noah left for college it took months to get over the fact…
16
May
My $135 head of lettuce
It is Sunday morning and I’m heading to Aldi after church to get Noah some fruit. That boy is eating me out of house and…
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March
Beef, egg noodle and cream cheese casserole
I am going out of town to take a chicken class near Washington, D.C. It may seem sheer folly that I would travel hundreds of…
17
March
Bloody Marys on the deck
It is the first real spring day. Seventy-five degrees and sunny on our deck, which is high above the street and surrounded by forest. Buds…