Sometimes we get very lucky and have the opportunity to host someone very important to us. This past weekend it was our old college professor, George Ciscle. Dan and I participated in many years worth of George’s signature program, the Exhibition Development Seminar. It was in this class, in fact, where we met. Actually, technically [...]
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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 two or three times a week and I try to cook with fresh, organic, local ingredients. I promise I don’t drench everything in bacon fat. I bring these sorts of recipes (the [...]
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 and surprise Dan with a fun dessert. Nothing big, it’s mostly sentimental because our first Valentines Day as a couple was the first time I got the courage to tell Dan (in [...]
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 and grits. This recipe has been adapted from the famous Crook’s Corner, a restaurant in Chapel Hill, NC, that is renowned for it’s shrimp and grits. For good reason, they’re delicious. Shrimp [...]
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 had been on a trip to North Carolina to visit his grandmother. Let’s just say… it was a bad experience. It’s because a lot of people don’t do grits right. Now, I [...]
