Tag Archives: comfort food

bowls that look like plates but are really bowls…

…and math. Every few years an absolutely hilarious fashion trend rotates back in: obscenely large jewelry, oversized clothing, and gigantic purses. Aside from the questionable artistic choice, the idea is that you can teensify yourself when you are swallowed by clothes and accessories made for a titan. The obvious disproportionality creates space for a veryContinue reading “bowls that look like plates but are really bowls…”

one simply does not eat étouffée standing over a sink…

..especially if it’s closer to gumbo. Y’all know I have absolutely no qualms about eating cold pizza in my car or standing over the sink scarfing handfuls of chocolate cake, but there really is a time and place for a real dining room. There’s also a time and place for self control, but I generallyContinue reading “one simply does not eat étouffée standing over a sink…”

I’ll have what she’s having…

…COVID and the curse of frisky taste buds. For a couple of years I’ve been experimenting in my little kitchen with what home-cooked food could be, even with unforeseen restrictions and limited resources. But really all meals should be heavenly, nutritious, and fresh – I mean everything from elemental servings and small snacks to ceremoniousContinue reading “I’ll have what she’s having…”

the little things…

…what I found & kept during the pandemic. Did everyone simply forget that the world nearly shut down in 2020? Well I didn’t. We don’t seem to talk about it anymore, which is perhaps a self-preservation response to a really awful couple of years. Global health crisis and political upheaval notwithstanding, the ability to “moveContinue reading “the little things…”

a year of playing with my food…

…you’d think I’d be full. And you’d be right. It’s been over a month since I last posted – I still cooked passionately and overindulged joyfully in planning, prep, culinary mechanics and of course, eating. There’s some photo evidence on Instagram and I did collect a few witty anecdotes, but mostly I just let itContinue reading “a year of playing with my food…”

a Thanksgiving state of mind…

…memories of grateful & merry gluttony. When I was a very little girl, Thanksgiving in Savannah was a large family gathering at my grandparents’ home on the Wilmington River, framed around the obligatory 2:00pm turkey dinner. It was quite southern: I don’t remember snow, but it was just cool enough for a sweater, and whileContinue reading “a Thanksgiving state of mind…”

cry me a river…

…a first-world sob story resolved in 3 dinners. Buckle in, we are going for a ride. I got a new camera last week. To be fair, I had to get a new camera last week because in late October I dropped my faithful long lens, Big Betty. We were together for 8 years which madeContinue reading “cry me a river…”

the second best thing on earth…

…a not-so-altruistic brownie review. I love brownies, pretty much all brownies. I’m unimpressed by fancy branding, I find frosting to be an unnecessary embellishment, and I think nuts are entirely superfluous. I’m not kidding – I love them all, even the $1 private label bagged mixes that don’t qualify for a box. A Little DebbieContinue reading “the second best thing on earth…”