“Why are you making borscht? Neither of us like beets. We’ve tried. A lot.” These words rattled around my head all day yesterday while I was preparing “the best borscht you will ever eat” (according to the author of The Essential New York Times Cookbook) for a chilly evening. She’s not wrong. This Winter Borscht…
Month: February 2020
Not-Your-Mama’s-Peanut Butter Cookie
I’m a pretty good deal finder. I’ll be the first to admit it. I don’t spend too much time thinking about it, but when I see a decent mobile coupon for something on sale that I haven’t tried before, I’ll snap one up just to see what I can do with it. Sometimes I know…
Boo to the Flu!
Every year we hear about “how bad the flu is this year.” And every year I don’t know a single person who gets it/has gotten it. The last time I was sick with the flu, I was 18 years old. That was… a while a go. By God’s grace I have escaped this year, but…
Eager Caesar
We’re still not in beautiful 70° weather quite yet here, but many are already feeling the itch to eat lighter and sit someplace sunny. We had one really great Sunday afternoon recently of brilliant, perfect weather and it was as if the local parks/playgrounds spontaneously exploded with life. It was as if the whole city…
Perfectly Paprika
It’s really hard to plan a menu for a week when the temps have been fluctuating like ours have been. We’ll have a few days of bundle-me-up cold mixed with a few days of walk-in-the-park warm. I do my best however and we usually enjoy every meal regardless. (And on the rare occasion there’s a…
Soups On!
Our weather sure has been yo-yo-ing lately between mid-40s and upper-60s leaving us guessing from day-to-day what we’re going to do for dinner. What do we feel like? Is it a chili-and-cornbread kind of day, or is it a fresh-salad-and-grilled-fish kind of day? Thankfully, fresh foods never go out of style! The ingredients I like…
Cap’n Geech Ain’t Got Nothin’ on P-Dub’s Shrimp and Grits
Traditionally South Carolina Lowcountry fare, Shrimp and Grits is a magnificently coastal, southern staple and one that everyone has to try at least once in his life. I warn you though, once you’ve tried it, your view of southern fare will never be the same. You’ll find yourself scouring all the menus on a southern…
Brinner
The rare Saturday free of responsibilities means doing fun things and not worrying about a gourmet dinner for a change. I took advantage of the day to use a birthday gift card to a nail salon for some pampering, a Target run, and Home Depot for supplies for my plants (and adding a new one…
Tiffani's Table 