Gluten Free Sourdough Bread
I am fully aware that it has been actual YEARS since the last time I blogged, but, life came at me fast. In...
Parmesan Grits with Asparagus & Charred Steak
Ever since we broke ground on our first backyard garden in Baltimore I have wanted to plant asparagus. Asparagus, tender and crisp and...
Sauerkraut & Dumplings
For the past few years I've been on a quest to understand how my family's history is interwoven into the history of my...
Biscuit Topped Chicken Pot Pie
February has always been the hardest month of the year for me. It's cold, dreary, vast, and what comes to mind when I...
Gorgonzola Scalloped Potatoes
I am lucky to have come from a family full of talented cooks and passionate food lovers. I spent many afternoons perched on...
Roasted New Potatoes & Pickled Green Tomatoes
At some point in the past few weeks my infant started to become a baby, and life started to get a little bit...
Kohlrabi & Potato Hash, and an Introduction
First things first, I had a baby! Everett David joined us on June 20th, just in time for the summer solstice strawberry moon....
Loaded Cheese Fries
One of the things I didn't realize before I started researching Celiacs disease was the laundry list of foods that would be off...
Roasted Parsnips & Red Potatoes
I wouldn't dream of complaining about the fact that it's bitterly cold here in the coastal Southeast because so many of you are...
Chipotle Sweet Potato Bowls
For reasons that are probably only interesting to me, I've been on an anti-inflammatory diet for the past month, and will be on...
Sliced Baked Potatoes
Have you had Hasselback potatoes before? For the past few years I've seen them all over my pinterest throughout the holiday season, and I...
Garlic Skillet Smashed Potatoes
I know that I've been talking about it here a bit, but the past few months have been crazy. And while I know...
Country Ham, Grits, and Eggs with Red Eye Gravy
Sometimes, after a long night of celebrating your husband's birthday, you need a breakfast that is more than a breakfast. A breakfast that...
Pumpkin & Pomegranate Risotto
Yesterday we hosted our annual B&S holiday party. The day each year where we cook a full holiday meal for our friends, photograph...
Almond Grit Cakes with Clementines & Honey
One of the very best things about the internet is the community. It has it's ups and downs, definitely, and sometimes having a...
Vegan Grits & Stewed Vegetables
2012 was a year of big changes for me, especially in the eating/activity departments. While some of those changes were chronicled here, most...
Grits Bowl
This past Sunday, on our way out of Durham, we stopped in to Watt's Grocery for brunch with my friend Julia. I'd not...
White Yam & Candied Bacon Casserole
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year in Mountainhome, Pennsylvania, with Dan's cousin Nathan, his fiance Jess, and the two dogs (Chase and...
Skillet au Gratin
We did it! We moved! Monday morning we watched as our POD got taken away and then we hit the road, passing through...
Roasted Tomato Shrimp & Grits
We've met some really wonderful people in Baltimore, people who have become our friends and made this city feel like home. We met...
Carolina Red Rice
This past weekend Dan and I loaded into the car and headed the hour west to Sharpsburg, Maryland, for the 150th anniversary of...
Grilled Potato Chips
I've frequently used this space on the internet to soapbox about things that are mostly unimportant to everyone else, the most prevalent of...
Chickpea & Quinoa Cakes
I promise that my intention is not to make this blog into a quinoa fest. But this was another recipe so good I...
Quinoa Stuffed Portobellos
This month Dan and I are eating a little differently. Part cleanse, part elimination diet, part recipe-creating challenge, we've cut some things out...
Butternut Squash & Sausage Stuffing
This weekend, we had our annual fake Thanksgiving. Each year, around the end of October or the beginning of November, we have a...
Paula’s Potato Salad
This week I'm excited to share my Aunt Paula's potato salad. I love potato salad, especially the grilled potato salad we made last...
Lori’s Sesame Pasta Salad
Long time blog readers will remember my Aunt Lori. She won the first (and only) recipe contest we held for Biscuits and Such's...
Twice Baked Potatoes
For better or for worse, I love the potato. Such a versatile food that can be mashed, roasted, fried, baked. They're delicious in...
Braised Short Ribs over Creamy Grits
Sometimes we get very lucky and have the opportunity to host someone very important to us. This past weekend it was our old...
Deluxe Mac & Cheese
I'm going to start this post by apologizing. I have no process photos to offer. This weekend was a hot mess. Our building's...
Grilled Potato Salad
You know those moments when you say "Hot Damn! This is the best thing I've ever made!" Yeah, I totally had one of...
Sweet Potato & Rainbow Chard Gratin
This weekend, my husband was offered a job. A really great job at a firm in Baltimore that he respects and admires, that...
Chorizo Shrimp & Grits
I would like to begin this post with a disclaimer- I am actually a pretty healthy (and diverse) eater. We only eat meat...
Truffled Mushroom Grits
I mentioned last year that while we don't do much for Valentines Day, we do a little something. I like to cook dinner...
Macaroni & Cheese
For the past two days I've been holed up in my apartment, sick. Yesterday I took in way more Criminal Minds/Gilmore Girls than...
Potatoes Au Gratin
I am a devotee of the potato. Mashed, twice baked, casseroled, churned into pies, fried, you name it I love it. One of...
Shrimp and Grits
One of the meals that I most enjoy making and one of the recipes that I am always proud to serve is shrimp...
Sweet Potato Casserole
A few years ago I got my tonsils out. And when I say a few years ago, I don't mean as a child....
Mashed Potatoes
After the divorce, my parents worked really hard to keep our lives as normal as possible. My mom, for instance, still makes a...
Jalapeño Grits
I stand firm on my belief that grits are totally misunderstood. Before Dan let me cook them for him, his only grits experience...