Tag Archives: dinner

Spring Vegetable Quiche

I set out this afternoon to make a quiche with asparagus and wild mushrooms.  I thought, so seasonal! So local! So delicious! But, being me, I can never leave well enough alone.  When I got home with my groceries for the week I thought, well, I can add some chives from Tuesday’s dinner, some green [...]

Grilled Dolphin with Roasted Poblano Sauce

One of my favorite restaurants in the south is Hyman’s Seafood in Charleston, South Carolina.  I love the town of Charleston, and don’t have the opportunity to go as often as I’d like.  My favorite thing to order at Hyman’s is the fried dolphin fish (mahi mahi) with hush puppies and collard greens.  With a [...]

Chicken Pot Pie

I can thank the Food Network for 70% of my food cravings.  The rest can be attributed to a combination of hormones, food blogs, and advertising.  So last weekends round of Throwdown with Bobby Flay, Good Eats, and Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives left me craving chicken pot pie.  I know that it’s getting beyond casserole [...]

Spicy Pecan-Crusted Dolphin Fish

When I was a kid, our family friend, Captain Fred Cates, used to take us fishing on his beautiful sports fishing boat.  Capt’n Fred was actually my grandfather’s friend.  The former mayor of Hillsborough, he is a bastion of hilarious stories about my parents and grandparents.  He also spent all of my elementary and teen [...]

Whole Turkey with Apple-Sage Glaze

This year, because of a scheduling mishap with our families, Dan and I are missing a traditional Thanksgiving meal.  Which, I will admit, breaks my heart because Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.  Instead on Thursday I will be eating taco lasagna.  Or New Jersey tomato pie, if I have any say in the matter. Anyway, [...]