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Any good Southern family has a recipe for pimento cheese tucked away in their cupboard, handed down generation after generation. For me, the very best pimento cheese comes from Aunt Lindsey and Uncle David’s kitchen. My mother-in-law’s sister Lindsey and her husband David live in Anderson South Carolina and I had the pleasure of spending one Thanksgiving with them, experiencing …
There aren’t many ingredients that don’t respond well to roasting in the oven. After watching Ina Garten roast a number of items, including shrimp, I was sold. It’s one of the best ways to maintain the rich, natural flavors of food and at the same time take it to new heights. Shrimp is a perfect example of this technique transforming …
It’s hard to believe that Christmas has already come and gone. I am constantly finding myself trying to stop time – to create a pause, no matter how brief, and linger over one more glass of wine, one more nibble of food. It is often said that food brings people together and I certainly find this to be true, especially …
I think it is important to have a go-to item for entertaining. Something that is easy, quick, and 99.9% of people will enjoy. One of my favorite meals is a caprese salad. It consists of ingredients that are staples in Italian cooking and which are all part of my pantry standards list: tomato, basil, mozzarella cheese, extra virgin olive oil …
I’m a native Kentuckian and proud of it. We are known for many things, primarily horse racing, bourbon and college basketball (go cats!). But when it comes to food, one quintessential dish is the hot brown, created at the Brown Hotel in Louisville many years ago. The hot brown is a decadent meal, not to be conquered every day. For …
