THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THE WINNER IS COMMENT #2, STACEY. IN THIS POST, I’M GIVING AWAY CHEESE!!!!!!!!!!! Ahem. Now that I’ve got your attention, 😀 read on, for details! It’s always been my view that love and connection are what makes life worth living. Meals are a vehicle for establishing that connection, because EVERYONE …
Roasted Chicken Apple Sausages with Grapes is a perfect fall recipe. Grapes come in season in fall, and this recipe uses those sweet grapes that in a savory recipe. In fall, it’s time to start thinking about comfort food. I love to cook seasonally, and right now, grapes are at their peak, with many …
Nicole Kidman’s Pasta is a pasta that is unlike any other pasta dish I’d ever had before. It is a vegetarian dish: a pasta that is FRIED to a crispy golden brown. Addictive at first bite, it made me love broccoli in a way I’d never loved broccoli before. I first discovered it when my …
Last weekend, I attended the 5th Annual Southern Artisan Cheese Festival, in Nashville, TN. The Cheese Festival was hosted this year at Rocketown, in downtown Nashville, on 4th Avenue South. It was my first year to attend this delicious event, organized by Kathleen Cotter, of The Bloomy Rind, a cheesemonger whose store has locations at Porter Road Butcher, at …
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This recipe for Slow Cooker Apple Butter is super easy to make, and unbelievably delicious!!! When September arrives, I am so impatient for fall that I can nearly taste it, and nothing tastes like fall to me quite as much as slow cooker apple butter. In the town that I was born, Berkeley Springs, WV, …
Esquites is a summertime side dish recipe that uses the wonderful fresh corn that’s in season right now – one that will positively tantalize your tastebuds. I first tasted esquites at a party at my friend’s house, after which, I begged her for the recipe. One of my favorite parts of summer is grilling …
The Nashville Food Truck Scene is booming, (66 of them at least, by my count, and according to the Nashville Food Truck Association) and as an avid lover of non-processed, artisanally-made food, I couldn’t be happier – and those of us in Nashville couldn’t be luckier. Our phenomenal growth as a city is providing inspiration …
Asparagus Goat Cheese Potato Pizza Asparagus, goat cheese and potato pizza? Really? No kidding! (See what I did there? Goat humor.) 😉 This is one of the best pizzas I have ever had, and my family concurs. I got this recipe from the archives of epicurious.com, where they have hidden away a treasure trove …
This recipe for my berry best Blueberry Cheesecake is quite literally the best cheesecake I’ve ever eaten. It has a homemade shortbread cookie crust, a moist cheesecake interior, and a beautiful fresh blueberry topping, bursting with flavor. I have better pictures now, so it’s time for me to update my blueberry cheesecake recipe. My initial …
On Saturday, June 13th, I was invited to participate in such a fun experience, hosted by Williams-Sonoma at the Mall of Green Hills in Nashville. And if you want to see HOW much fun I had, you can scroll to the bottom of this post to see the video. But hang with me for just a …
I am participating in a VIN campaign for P&G. I am receiving a fee for posting; however, the opinions expressed in this post are my own. I am in no way affiliated with P&G and do not earn a commission or percent of sales. Last weekend, my dear friend of over thirty years was spending …
I’m writing this post on behalf of the Ad Council, and to let my friends and neighbors in the Nashville area know about a new Goodwill location, where they can donate their gently used stuff, and create jobs. There’s no better time of year for me to clean out my house of clutter, than summertime. …
I participated in the Joy Williams Venus album review program as a member of One2One Network. I was provided an album to review but all opinions are, of course, my own. First things first: my review of this project. I very much enjoyed listening to “Venus”, Joy Williams’ first solo recording effort since …
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and Walmart Family Mobile. All opinions, of course, are mine alone. #MobileMemories #CollectiveBias May has been such a busy month for our family, with end-of-the-school-year activities, a son coming home from college, and my husband going off on the trip of lifetime to Alaska. Every day …