I love having fresh flowers in the house, and there’s something even more satisfying about admiring an arrangement of flowers in your home when you grew them yourself. I planted a zinnia garden for the first time this spring in hopes of having fresh flowers in the house all summer long. I’ve never had much…
Baked Chicken Shawarma Drumsticks with White Wine Finishing Sauce
Drumsticks are cheap y’all- and on a hot summer day they really hit the spot with a grapefruit and avocado salad, and a glass of prosecco on the porch. I consider shawarma one of life’s little pantry luxuries. When we lived in Memphis I ate chicken shawarma from an incredible North African restaurant at least…
Make a Southern Smoked Sausage Plate this Summer
France has charcuterie boards; the Southern United States has smoked sausage plates. It’s all the same concept, meat, cheese and other adornments artfully placed on a tray of sorts. You’ve probably experienced the culinary delight of charcuterie, but if you’ve never enjoyed a southern style smoked sausage plate this is your sign to make one…
Life’s Little Luxuries: Local Pizza and Cheap French Wine
The deeper I slip into my late thirties the more I have an urgency to celebrate the normal days. Not just the big holidays or birthdays, the everyday. And I’ve found it’s best to do this with life’s smallest and sometimes mediocre little luxuries. We spend so much time looking to the next greatest thing,…
Rec League is the App You Knew You Needed
The internet is healing y’all! For the last decade I’ve felt like something has been missing from the internet. If you’re a millennial you know exactly what I’m talking about. We grew up as the internet was peaking and it was pure magic. Facebook was actually a great place to hangout, MySpace was next level…
Maple Brown Sugar Sweet Grits
Growing up in the deep south grits have always been a pantry staple. We eat them for breakfast, top them with shrimp and other meat, make them into little cakes serving them as a side- a cheap creative delicacy here. Hole in the wall restaurants have them on their menus and five star gourmet restaurants…
A Simple Breakfast Delicacy
I love a good old fashioned egg sandwich for breakfast. When I was a kid it was scrambled eggs served between two slices of Bunny Bread. Somewhere along the way I became a snob and now turn up my nose to Bunny Bread. Not something I’m proud of, but these things happen. We usually have…
Happy Belated Mother’s Day
I’m not type A enough to plan out blog posts, and this isn’t that type of blog anyway. It’s organic. I write when I’m in the mood to write. I wish more of the internet where like this still. Organic and authentic instead of planned and overtly monetized. Anyway. Whether you’re a mother, desire to…
Making Noodles and Throwing Fits
A few years ago I started setting one cooking goal to master(ish) each year. That single kitchen goal is pretty much the only resolution I make each January. One goal is less daunting. I started three years ago with a goal to begin baking desserts. Last year’s goal was to start making my own breads….
A Summer Apricot Salad
If I were someone who was organized enough to throw a spring dinner party I’d most certainly serve this beautiful apricot salad. But I’m not. So my husband and I enjoy it on the back porch with a glass of prosecco and a splash of St. Germain liqueur. It’s not technically summer yet, but you…