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...
At some point in the past few weeks my infant started to become a baby, and life started to get a little bit...
Over the summer I was gifted a bounty of hot peppers from my brother Reid and my friends at Greenlands Farm. We chopped...
We are currently under the thumb of Hurricane Joaquin and a rain system that has decided to just sit on top of us...
My friend and I were discussing the overabundance of muscadines in her backyard last week when she noted that muscadines are a love/hate...
I put a lot of stock into traditional remedies. When all is said and done I believe in a balance between the amazing...
You know those days that just completely kick you in the ass? And then, while you're down they kick you some more? I...
Today I made my first trip to the beach of the season. It's been too long, I hate that so many months have...
It's Spring! Spring is here! This week was all 70 and 80 degree weather, bright sun, flowers, and sneezes. I'm in heaven. I'm...
One of the biggest challenges I face in writing a Southern food blog is the feeling that I don't spend enough time telling...
One sentiment I hear over and over again is "I hated Brussels sprouts until I tried them roasted." Amen. Me too. Actually, I'm...
All summer long I had this song stuck in my head, particularly the lyric "she's got me high as a Georgia pine, wild...
After the round of sickness that swept through school and a few long days traveling by air and automobile, I came down with...
One late summer day I sat on the front porch of our family home in Morehead City, a house we call the Swamp...
Tonight after the last water ballet performance we hop in the car and drive south. The car packed, our phones loaded with music...
Last month when Sol Food was in town the Museum had a community day focused around food, sustainability, gardening, cooking, and living. In...
It's strawberry season! For the past week I've been eating a strawberry off the bush every time I go into the back yard....
It's that time of year (my favorite time of year), where we start to prepare for Thanksgiving. The best holiday that ever was....
As of five thirty yesterday afternoon, I am on my beach vacation. We left Baltimore Friday and headed to Raleigh for my cousin...
I love pickles. Pickled okra, pickled cucumber, pickled onions, pickled squash, pickled tomatoes, pickled peppers, pickled you name it. Year round they are...
Today is Dan's birthday! He's 26 on this coldest of Sundays and we will be spending an evening out celebrating his birth. I...
I love toast. I love toast with just butter and a little salt. I love toast with jam, cream cheese, peanut butter, jelly,...
One incredible side effect of attending art school is that holiday presents are built in to the whole experience. What should I give...
Okra is one of those vegetables that people feel passionately about. Either they love it, with a dedicated, all consuming love, or they...
I love having a garden. For the past few years we've been hodge podging a garden wherever we were, growing herbs (and incubating...
I'm not sure when Dan and I became the kind of people we are today. And by "the kind of people we are"...
I have talked to Megan Patrylick every day since I was 14. I'm totally not exaggerating either. Since we met in 9th grade...
When I was a kid, I was completely horrified by cranberry sauce. Mostly because I associated all cranberry sauces with what comes out...