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Meatballs

2018-03-20T16:07:37-05:00September 4th, 2013|Meat|

I didn’t plan to make meatballs. But since they turned into melt-in-your-mouth, maybe-I-shouldn’t-freeze-them-after-all meatballs, I decided the recipe is share-worthy. This whole meatball thing started with a gut feeling-a I’m-homesick-for-Florida [...]

Pears: three ways

2018-03-20T16:07:38-05:00August 27th, 2013|Fruit|

Thanks to the hosts of the Facebook Creative Cooking Crew (CCC), Lazaro Cooks and Foodalogue, for pushing the boundaries for another monthly challenge. When the August Challenge: "A Tasting Trio [...]

Crowder Peas

2018-03-20T16:07:38-05:00August 21st, 2013|Vegetables|

When I picked up my CSA basket a few weeks ago, I was pleasantly surprised. It contained a few pounds of crowder peas and a pound or so of lima [...]

Noodles (again)

2018-03-20T16:07:41-05:00August 15th, 2013|Food Potluck|

I needed a Noodle fix. And I didn’t want to go alone. Since Elvis was out of town, I called Kriston. Kriston agreed to go with me, having never been [...]

Bananas

2018-03-20T16:07:42-05:00August 1st, 2013|Fruit|

As much as I like to eat seasonal, local and sustainable, I also like to eat bananas despite some evidence bananas are not sustainable. It’s not that I don’t care [...]

Green beans

2018-03-20T16:07:42-05:00July 11th, 2013|Vegetables|

I’m grateful. Yesterday I froze three pounds of fresh, organic green beans. Half of my CSA basket this past week contained these babies. I’m not going to gush and say, [...]

Control

2018-03-20T16:07:42-05:00July 7th, 2013|Food Potluck|

My first and only attempt to create a cooking video ended after the first thirty seconds, when I explained in my cute, but serious voice, “I have gas, and I [...]

Noodles

2018-03-20T16:07:43-05:00July 1st, 2013|Food Potluck|

There are few independent restaurants in Western Kentucky and Southern Indiana. I have a couple of "go-to" favoriites, but mostly, the restaurants in this region are fast-casual and family-style dining. But [...]

Sour Cherry Jam

2018-03-20T16:07:43-05:00June 23rd, 2013|Food Potluck|

Moving to Western Kentucky wasn’t on my things I need to do before I die list, but when Elvis and I decided to leave Florida (me after twenty-two years, Elvis, three) [...]

Blue Crabs 1975

2015-12-15T20:04:29-06:00December 13th, 2012|Food Potluck|

I’d sat down on the hard-packed sand, after sitting in the car for more hours than I cared, and looked out to where the dark blue water met the pale [...]

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