Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman, makes me feel, well, inadequate. She feeds a houseful of people 3 meals a day every day, does the mom job for 4 kids, deals with animals and accidents and men, looks gorgeous doing it, and somehow she still finds time to take gorgeous pictures and write funny stories about …
Category Archive: Sides and Salads
Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue!
Steven Raichlen always has books that look to be filled with great information and recipes, but as a Southerner, I have always been cynical. Raichlen’s books The Barbecue! Bible and BBQ USA are great, but How to Grill: The Complete Illustrated Book of Barbecue Techniques sets off Southerner alarm bells. Grillin’ ain’t barbecue, Son. Still, …
It’s hot, y’all! Tomato Salad with Tapenade
I’ve spent all week hoping for rain and so ready for it to cool down. It’s been one of those weeks where you don’t want to cook just because you don’t want to add even one degree of heat to your house. And cooking outside — it’s REALLY hot out there, so just no. But …
Squrings: Fried squash rings
Nothing is more Southern than our penchant for taking something wholesome and nutritious and frying the heck out of it. We bought some gorgeous delicata squash from Dodson Farm at the farmers market. We used some of them in place of potatoes in a beef stew (using Neola Farms beef of course). With so many …
Beets three ways
Squirrelly, Jr., is a very adventurous eater. There are a few things he doesn’t like, but, considering he’s twelve, he is pretty wide open. Mama has very few things she doesn’t like, and beets are, or were, one of them. After having Chef Andrew Adams’ beet tart, Mama finally accepted that there is more to …
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