Today, the front of my house looks like this: So that means it’s a hunker down, lazy kind of Sunday. And on those kinds of Sundays, I like comfort food. And by comfort food, I mean soup and grilled cheese sandwiches, because what else feels as comforting as that on a snowy day? A pan [...]
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Super bowl ~ of chili
February 4th, 2012
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We plan to make a big pot of this chili tomorrow when we have a few folks over to watch the BIG GAME. This chili is smack-your-grandma-good. (I have no idea why really delicious food here in the Southern, US inspires elder abuse, but it does and there you go.) It’s not too big of a [...]
And now for something completely different
January 20th, 2012
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RECIPES! And WINE! I love, love, love to cook. And I made this cheeseburger soup recipe I found on an slow cooker website last night for a book club meeting. It is the bomb. Ingredients: 4 cups chicken broth 1/2 of a white onion, diced 1 lb lean ground beef, browned and drained on the stove [...]
File this under “nom nom nom”…
May 30th, 2011
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Baked potato salad is a summer favorite at my house. This is a recipe I made up from the inspiration of a few other recipes. That’s a nice way to say I shamelessly stole most of it from a variety of sources, including a Nashville restaurant and a few celebrity chefs on Food Network. I [...]
If I never see another freakin’ cookie
December 12th, 2010
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So my final project for my photo class is has to be a narrative. So I decided to illustrate baking a batch of chocolate chip cookies. No text. Images only. The idea was to artfully stage this event and use all the techniques I taught myself learned in class this semester. This would include use [...]
Mop my meat
August 21st, 2010
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OK, we are grilling the pork loin tonight, not tomorrow because I am having short term memory issues (I could bore you with a story about my glasses that I thought were lost, but I’ll refrain) and because I clearly didn’t recall details about tomorrow’s agreed upon menu. No matter. Pork tonight will be tasty [...]
Rub that meat
August 21st, 2010
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Since June we have hosted a “True Blood Sunday” dinner at our house, where fans of the HBO series can gather, eat, talk and then watch the weekly episode. Tomorrow’s dinner will include a charcoal-grilled pork loin, fresh made boule, grilled asparagus and potatoes, and a seven-layer cookie and dark chocolate cupcakes with vanilla bean [...]
True Blood Sunday
June 27th, 2010
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We have an intern living with us for the summer and a friend that does not have cable. They both love “True Blood,” the HBO vampire saga, almost as much as the Hubbers and I do. So we have been having “True Blood Sunday ” (TBS) viewings at our house for the last two weeks [...]
Kitchen therapy
June 19th, 2010
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It’s been a tough few weeks. In no particular order: We went on vacation, during which I got sick and spent time with the in-laws, which was weird in a way I really can’t go into on this blog. Our daughter moved out. Our beloved dog, Dexter, died unexpectedly. An intern moved in. And I [...]
