This is not a recipe per se and the photo is not gorgeous.  In fact it’s probably not even borderline attractive.  But by the time this pork loin came out of the oven, I was so hungry and it was so good … that I didn’t even think of picking up the camera to take [...]

Good grief this year is already getting away from me!  I have 100+ drafts on the blog here and none of them are finished or photographed. I started out with good intentions and then … well I don’t know what happened.  Life, I guess. Here’s my list of links (brief though it is) for this [...]

I re-read the Julie/Julia blog today – the original one on salon.com – and it inspired me to make Julia Child’s French Onion Soup. As it turns out I didn’t pay attention to the recipe exactly and wound up making something not anything like Julia’s soup. It was good, but not hers. Anyway … I’ll [...]

Last year Donna Currie started a project to create sourdough from scratch. She documented the project in a series of 13 posts on Serious Eats and I followed along avidly. Now that the holiday craziness has passed and we’re into gray and icky part of winter, I thought I’d try my hand at it. I’ve [...]

I love cooking in a crockpot – especially in the winter. It’s wonderful to put something together in the morning before leaving the house and come home to a cooked meal, ready to eat. This recipe is strongly South Western based and is super flexible. Serve it as is as a fantastic one-bowl meal … [...]

The very first links post of 2011! (This was the view outside my front door at about 11 last night … pretty cool!) There was some really good stuff posted this last week.  Of course I still have my whole 2010 list to work through … but I’m gonna make an effort to include some [...]

For the first post of 2011 I’m going to jump right in with a recipe that’s not only a Southern tradition, but is a yummy AND healthy way to start the New Year. In the South, it’s a tradition to eat black-eyed-peas on New Year’s Day; it’s supposed to bring luck and prosperity. In my [...]

What a year it’s been! Not to be a complete cliche, but 2010 was a year of ups and downs, highs and lows, starts, stalls, and stops, and much craziness, both personally and professionally. Now that it’s nearly the end of the year, I’m a little introspective … and a lot ready to make plans [...]

No links today … just a wish for Happy Holidays from my home to yours. I’ll be back after Jan 1st. PS – The Christmas Eve prime rib was wonderful – thanks to Steamy Kitchen’s prime rib recipe!