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Round-up time for: Food Bloggers’ Geography #1: Southern Style
I loved doing this event. While this is not the largest event ever done, I was moved by the remarkable quality that people put into them. Without exception, each of the entries speaks to a very...
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Who “am I?” What was that? Oh, sui mai… mmm sui mai
Dim sum good. Lately I’ve been having extraordinary cravings for dim sum, and we’ve been hitting the “China Garden” in town an embarassing number of times. Luckily that place is always packed (they...
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Shrimp ‘n’ grits. Need I say more?
For the uninitiated (are there any poor, deprived souls out there?), grits are good. And of course, shrimp is good. Therefore, shrimp and grits are really, really good. It makes perfect sense, and...
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It’s paradise, mon: Seared scallops with meyer lemon vinaigrette
Afraid of seafood, perhaps? Leery of a fishy smell and a strange, spongy texture? Fear not, friends. This scallop dish is here to seduce you. Just as The Perfect Storm might have turned you off from...
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Oh, how we are dreaming of summer… but until then there is Lobster and Beer...
Risotto seems like it would be a humble food. It’s big, fat morsels of creamy rice stewed lovingly over some cooktop with a wooden spoon. But because it has a high-fallutin’ Italian name, it strikes...
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Ringing in the Year of the Pig with Crab Rangoon and other old favorites.
Happy New Year! (Any excuse for revelry is OK by us – especially if you can wish folks a happy new year twice within months.) For the Chinese, and many other Asian cultures, today is the first day of...
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It may not be pretty, but it’s pretty tasty: Bacon-wrapped monkfish with...
Let’s see… Ingredients: Delicious lobster-like fish, thin slices of bacon, mushrooms lovingly sautéed in butter and a light lemony butter sauce to finish. I think we have a winner, folks. My husband...
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What’s in a name? Seafood and chorizo pasta
My husband was struggling with what to call this dish. It’s not a bouillabaisse, it’s not a stew. It’s not a paella, it’s not a ragout. (Hey, that totally rhymes.) Finally, after much head-scratching,...
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Special Stir Fry (aka Shrimp, Cashew, and Chicken Stir Fry with coconut,...
Remember that old slogan, “When you’re really good, they call you Cracker Jack?” Well, I think it applies here. But I think there’s a problem with calling this dish “Cracker Jack Stir Fry.” (Just one...
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A French inspired St. Patrick’s Day: Bisquick & beer fried fish
You know my husband is getting cocky when he tries to rumble with Betty Crocker. But that’s how I found him one recent evening: Staring, hard-eyed, at a box of her famous Bisquick. “I will conquer...
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