This waffle cake with browned butter and mascarpone whipped cream is so delicious and different from any other cake I have ever had.Delicious fluffy waffles are made with nutty browned butter then …
Buttermilk Pie in a Cornmeal & Lard Crust
I made this buttermilk pie on the television today, on a local show, Channel 3’s “3 Plus You”. Or sort of pretended to make it for illustrative purposes with a lovely one I baked the night before …
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Ricotta & Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Buttermilk Mornay, Fresh Figs, and Pancetta
So. I made this gnocchi on TV today. Wait. Let me rephrase that. I attempted to demonstrate how to make this gnocchi dough on TV today. What I actually did was just kind of mush my hands around in a …
heirloom tomato ginger muffins with pine nuts, olive oil, & orange blossom
After our sojourn to New York, Tennessee seems positively vast and serene, especially in the late August light. I’ve been so exhausted I’ve yet to even unpack. Brocade trousers are tangled with …
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Southern Cornbread, Two Ways: Buttermilk Bacon Grease & Cultured Coconut Milk
My grandmother’s cornbread was a crisp golden brown. It was cast iron. It was a mason jar of bacon grease kept in the cupboard and a jug of buttermilk in the door of the Frigidaire. It was “home again …
Blueberry, Basil, and Goat Cheese Hand Pies
I once found them dull, but they’ve grown on me, the blueberries. They’re the stray marbles populating the bottom of my basket, rolling across the red cottage oak floor, staining the soles of my bare …
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