Jambalaya Juju

It is spicy. It involves rice. It has sausage and ham in it. Did I mention, it is spicy and involves rice? Oh, yeah, I did. Well, you can see why I think jambalaya may be my all-time favorite bit of American Southern Country-Folk food of all time. Because it is spicy, involves rice and […]

Shepherd’s Pie-It May Be Ugly, But it Tastes Good

Sometimes when the chill November winds blow, and the sky is a granite grey, the soul simply cries out for the warmth of a classic casserole. This is especially true when I have a whole bunch of hungry teens in the house who may or may not have patience for my usual offerings of authentic […]

An American Classic, Sans Box: Macaroni and Cheese

As I admitted in my recent post, “True Kitchen Confessions,” I will, now and again, use packaged convenience foods when I need to whip up a super-quick snack or meal. And I will resort, now and again, to the boxed macaroni and cheese, though never Kraft, and not often–and–in my defense, I never do it […]

Country Folk Fusion: Pig and Greens

I’ve expounded before, early on in the writing of this blog, about the propensity for Applachian country folk to love the pairing of pork with greens. I have also made note of the Chinese folk’s love of greens and pork in a past posting, and have always wondered internally that perhaps pig meat and greens […]

The Naked Post: Pork, Tofu and Gai Lan

So you notice that this post is naked. No, not that way–there are no pictures. There are two good reasons for this. While I was cooking dinner last night and Morganna was poised to record it all with the camera, she got through photographing the ingredients and poof! The rechargable batteries went dead, and that […]

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