Food Memories
Gingered Chocolate Tart with Sweet Potato Crust
This tart was inspired by a fudge pie my mom used to make when I was growing up in Nashville, TN. She got the recipe from a friend named Judy, who was the closest thing to Paula Deen in our family’s social circle. The woman could do wonders with a stick of butter. She made [...]
Raspberry Cordial – Part One
Growing up, I was OBSESSED with the ‘Anne of Green Gables’ PBS mini series. I think if you looked long enough through my parent’s basement, you could still find the old, worn out VHS tape that my mom recorded off the t.v. for me. One of my favorite parts of the series was when Anne [...]
Easter Breads, Turkish Coffee, and Awards
Easter Breads This is a really funny shaped loaf with mozzarella and chives stuffed inside. It is coming with me to my family’s big Italian Easter feast. This is a traditional Italian Easter Bread and it is coming with me to a friend’s going away party later tonight. I am resisting the urge to eat [...]
Baking and Scrabble
Notice anything funny about this Scrabble game? My hubby’s sister and grandma are still visiting. We decided to break out the board games this afternoon, while I had some things in the oven. At some point we all realized that the game wasn’t going very well, so we abandoned the rules…all of the rules. It [...]
Date Night at Midtown Global Market
My husband and I have opposing work schedules; he works during the day and I work at night. This can make spending time together a little tricky. Monday nights are typically my night off and thus they have become sacred hubby/wife time(I am actually about to become mostly unemployed, so this will be a non-issue [...]
Shit My Dad Ate
The exploration of a father/daughter relationship through food. I was dreaming up this post long before I had a blog. My dad may have the most creative foodie mind of anyone I know. Not in a gourmet sense though. He takes commonly found pantry items and turns them into the strangest meals. Things that you [...]
