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• Oatmeal Cookies with Dried Plums and Rosemary
  on Jul 28, 2012 in Cookie Recipes Dessert Recipes dried plums oatmeal rosemary
  A few months ago the Hunger Games premiered, and the food in the movie was almost as talked about as the characters. If you’re a foodie or a food blogger,  the series is worth reading just for the food aspect. The main character, Katniss, fell...
• Lamb Feta Party Bites
  on Jul 25, 2012 in Appetizers and Small Bites Meat Recipes bread feta cheese lamb
  It’s time again for the 5-Star Foodie Makeover, a monthly on-line cooking group that presents us with a theme. The challenge this month was to submit a Greek meze. When I think of Greek food, I always think of lamb, olive oil, feta cheese. Each...
• Banana Chocolate Chunk Nutella Muffins
  on Jul 21, 2012 in Breakfast and Brunch Recipes Muffins,Quickbreads bananas chocolate flour Nutella
  Two’s company, three’s a crowd. Not a problem when the crowd is three over-ripe bananas pushing their way to fame with chopped dark Belgium chocolate, and Nutella. This combination is all the rage and for good reason. This was a five minu...
• Zucchini Fritters
  on Jul 19, 2012 in Appetizers and Small Bites Italian Recipes basil pecorino zucchini
  Houses are now bigger than ever and supposed to make our life better,  but they come with entrances that require an invitation. I long for the times we used to sit on the front porch and neighbors would drop by for ice tea or coffee. Even as a teena...
• The Fish Store in Toronto-Eating in Toronto
  on Jul 17, 2012 in Restaurants
  When visiting Toronto, I wanted to do two things, eat dim sum in China Town and visit the St. Lawrence Market. Mr. ST only cared about one thing. He wanted a fish sandwich from The Fish Store.  He read about it before our trip and once he became ena...
• Caprese Sandwich with Margherita Pepperoni
  on Jul 15, 2012 in Italian Recipes Meat Recipes basil bread mozzarella pepperoni salami tomato
  My grandfather was often referred to as a piece of bread in Italian,  pezzo di pane. If someone is a piece of bread, it means they are like the salt of the earth, someone you treasure for all the right reasons. I’m not sure how it came to be,...
• Niagara Falls – Silo’s Haystack and the Freedom Crossing Monument
  on Jul 14, 2012 in Restaurants
  We spent July 4th, admiring grape vines, finding a cool coffee place, eating the best sandwiches, getting drenched in the falls, and watching amazing fireworks.  But in between this little vacation visiting a best friend in Niagara Falls, I had a cu...
• Teres Major Steak Tacos and Our Favorite Tortilla
  on Jul 10, 2012 in Meat Recipes steak tomato tortillas
  Last week it was  108 degrees here in Nashville. This means all the cooking is best done outside, even grilling the tortillas. We turned to  Tortilla Land fresh uncooked tortillas which I wrote about here. They are raw and have to be refrigerated.
• Taste of Buffalo (New York) and My Favorite Bites of the Day
  on Jul 8, 2012 in Food Events Restaurants
  I’m on vacation, visiting friends in Niagara Falls, venturing off  to Toronto and hitting little stopping places along the way. My culinary luck led us to the Taste of Buffalo, which we were told is the largest “taste of” in the co...
• The Smiling Elephant
  on Jul 3, 2012 in Nashville Restaurants Restaurants
  If I hadn’t heard so many good things about the Smiling Elephant, I would have surely passed it by. It’s looks are unassuming, and it’s on a street I don’t drive down very often. But it’s Nashville, and here, it’s...
• Blackberry Cupcakes
  on Jul 1, 2012 in Cupcake Recipes Dessert Recipes Fruit Recipes blackberry cream cheese flour
  I’ll just say it.  Blackberries are my favorite berry and this cupcake has gone to the top of the list of our favorite.  When the last cupcake was fought over, I wanted to make a new batch right away and had to exercise restraint, which norma...
• Homemade Blueberry Pie Filling for Ice Cream, Cake, and Mini-Pies
  on Jun 29, 2012 in Basics Cobbler, Pie, and Tart Recipes Dessert Recipes Fruit Recipes blueberries tapioca
  Martha Stewart keeps pound cake in the freezer just in case company drops in, although I can’t imagine who would just drop in on Martha. However, the idea of a pound cake and some of this blueberry sauce/filling waiting in the freezer for us re...
• Chilled Cantaloupe Soup with Blackberry Drizzle and Basil
  on Jun 27, 2012 in Fruit Recipes Soup Recipes Spinach Tiger Fit basil blackberry cantaloupe coconut milk
  The Five Star Foodie challenge chose the perfect June theme, cold soup. Fruit is jumping all around here with the blueberry farm next to me, wild blackberries a short walk away and all those strawberries I picked last month sitting in the freezer. Bu...
• Grilled Corn on the Cob with a little Husk
  on Jun 26, 2012 in Vegetable Recipes corn
  It’s the South. It’s summer. It’s time for corn. Corn on the Grill. Corn in the Husk. Corn slathered with butter, herbs, spices, maybe even mayonnaise. Corn so sweet and good, it may simply stand alone. A fresh ear of corn is good a...
• Mangia, Nashville
  on Jun 23, 2012 in Nashville Restaurants Restaurants
  We kept hearing about Mangia from friends and yet didn’t fully comprehend the concept.  The genius behind the idea for Mangia is Nick Pellegrino,  who was raised in a typical Italian American family that held dearly to the same values I grew...
• Blueberry Hand Pie with Spelt Pie Crust
  on Jun 21, 2012 in Basics Cobbler, Pie, and Tart Recipes Dessert Recipes French Recipes blueberry spelt flour
  We wait all year for this month of summer. Our blueberry season has started early. I drove an hour to pick strawberries, but I only had to drive  two minutes yesterday to pick these. We live next to a blueberry farm which is open for summer picking...
• The Mad Platter in Nashville
  on Jun 19, 2012 in Nashville Restaurants Restaurants
  The Mad Platter is the kind of restaurant I wish was in my neighborhood. It’s a cross between fine dining and neighborhood casual, located in Germantown. One might find this kind of restaurant in a city that has an old town historic section, wi...
• Kale and Farm Fresh Poached Eggs
  on Jun 18, 2012 in Breakfast and Brunch Recipes Egg Recipes Spinach Tiger Fit Vegetable Recipes Vegetarian Recipes eggs kale
  This is an ordinary post showing my ordinary breakfast. Every Saturday I go to the Franklin Farmer’s Market. I look for the seasonal items, but I almost always return home with kale and eggs, which are staples for me. I bought the kale from Dev...
• The Silly Goose in East Nashville
  on Jun 16, 2012 in Nashville Restaurants Restaurants
  The night we drove over to East Nashville for this dinner, we encountered three closed bridges, and lots of Saturday night traffic. I was sure Mr. ST was going to give up, but the harder it became, the more determined he was to get us to the area of...
• Teres Major Steak, a Filet Knock Off
  on Jun 3, 2012 in Meat Recipes Spinach Tiger Fit steak teres major
  I suffer from painful shyness, but the world doesn’t know this. It peaked at its worst when I was 11 years old. We moved to a new neighborhood (for the 30th time) and I didn’t leave the house, outside of going to school, where in the clas...

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