Squirrelly, Jr., at the Memphis Farmers Market, on his fourteenth birthday: Ooh! Eggplant! What have you done to me? He got his eggplant. We also bought him a cinnamon roll for breakfast. We’re not monsters. Happy birthday, Teh Boy.
Category Archive: Eating Locally
Eggplant Naploleons
In our most recent CSA basket from Downing Hollow Farms, we found lovely slender eggplants. Once we saw that we had tomatoes that also had the same slender shape and fresh basil, we knew what to do — eggplant Napoleons. I made nice long, thin slices of eggplant with the mandolin. I made not so …
Memphis Farmers Market Dinner at Restaurant Iris
I know. It’s been almost 2 weeks since the dinner. We’re horrible bloggers who care more about showing off our baby chickens instead of telling you about a really great meal. It’s true. We suck. A lot. But we didn’t forget, and the Memphis Farmers Market dinner was truly a dinner worth writing about. Kelly …
Our surreal supper at Iris
On the heels of becoming only the sixth four-star restaurant in ten years of Commercial Appeal ratings, Kelly English hosted one of the series of farmers market dinners at Restaurant Iris on Sunday. We ran into Kelly at the farmers market Saturday where he was stocking up on produce in preparation for the dinner. He …
Super Summer Pasta
Believe it or not, one of Squirrelly, Jr.’s very favorite foods is squash. I know. He’s just weird. But a mom has to take advantage of a child’s particular weirdnesses. So, I’ve been working on different ways to make squash for him. Generally, he prefers it sauteed instead of boiled. No surprise there – I’m …
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