Food
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Tell Us About…How You Show Love
In honor of Valentine’s Day, our bloggers group chose this topic. It only took me a few seconds to think how it applies to me: if I love you, I COOK for you! I grew up in the kitchen of a skilled and ambitious cook. My mother, from the hills of Appalachia, found herself a young lawyer’s wife in “old money” Lexington, Kentucky, and taught herself French cooking by working her way through the Escoffier cookbook. Her chocolate pastry cake, cream puffs filled with vanilla custard, boeuf bourgignon, zabaglione and homemade caramels were the stuff of legend. We ate “raw” spinach salads (grown in her salad garden), which was UNHEARD…
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Tell me about…whimsy!
Every home - and personality - needs some whimsy, aka something to make you smile!
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Let’s talk about CAKE!
My experiences learning to bake cakes - before the wedding, during and after
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Food at The Beach
Culinary discoveries on a last-minute beach vacation
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Farmer’s Market
One of my favorite things about summer is FRESH PRODUCE! And from May through September, most Saturday mornings find me at my local farmer’s market (before I hit the weedeater, that is). I grew up on a lot of land without a lot of cash, in an extended family household with decades of country wisdom, and young, strong backs to put that wisdom to use (backs like mine). That meant an enormous garden, weeded and harvested after school or after supper. Then there were hours spent on the front porch, shucking corn, hulling strawberries and stringing beans. When I would grumble, my great-aunt Virgie would cheerfully declare “this’ll taste better…
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Hello Fresh vs. Blue Apron
I’ve tried two of the more popular meal-prep subscription services, and thought I’d share my experiences, pros and cons. I started with Blue Apron in 2016, and used it for approximately a year, well into 2017. I recently tried Hello Fresh, and they’re both very comparable and work almost identically. (Disclaimer – this is not a sponsored post, and I was not paid by either of these companies. This was all purchased with my own moolah, and the opinions are entirely my own). For both services, I signed up for the three-meals for two people option, which provides 6 meals in a box. With Blue Apron, this costs $59.94 (the…
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Comfort food – A Lesson in Potatoes
We all want comfort food right now, and what is more comforting than potatoes?!?
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Asheville Food Tour
Asheville Food Tours was recommended by a friend, and we signed up online.
