After having innumerable people tell me I just had to see it, I finally watched the movie Julie & Julia last night. Well, to be more precise, I attempted to watch it, but couldn’t even make it …
Homemade Marshmallows: Earl Gray & Lapsang Souchong Salted Caramel
mini lapsang souchong caramel marshmallow, recipe below I obsess. It’s my nature. I make variations of recipes over & over again. For weeks. I delve into the history of the food I’ve become so …
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tuesdays with dorie: hungarian shortbread
with apricot & scotch bonnet filling“Hungarian Shortbread” from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking With Julia (pp 327-328): these homely, rustic bars were my first Tuesdays With Dorie project, hosted …
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Chattanooga, TN Food Trucks: Famous Nater’s, taco sherpa, Monkey Town Donuts, & Pure Sodaworks
So. I recently discovered the burgeoning food truck scene in Chattanooga. My first thought was along the lines of: “Chattanooga has food trucks?! Since when…? This is unmitigated …
Julia Child’s Soufflé Au Fromage: Local Dairy & Spring Asparagus Salad
As I see it, fresh eggs deserve a light touch so that they can shine, thus I turned to my copy of Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking Volume I”, bequeathed to me along with Volume II by …
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perfect buttermilk biscuits, scrambled eggs with ricotta & thyme, and black forest bacon: supfast!
fresh thyme from the front porch ricotta scrambled eggs mise en scene: 6 eggs from Fall Creek Farms, salt & pepper to taste, 1/4 cup raw milk, 1/2 cup whole milk ricotta, fresh …