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Young & HungryIf you can't take the heat, get outta the kitchen! |
| 20 November |
My roommate makes me these for brunch on the weekends after late nights out and about. They’re easy. You have these things on hand. If you don’t keep them around they freeze well. And last forever. So no excuses. Add these ingredients to your grocery list. They. Will. Save. You.
| 24 July |
Every proper Southern girl (or semi-Southern as in my case, having been born in Upstate NY) keeps a few stellar recipes in her arsenal: New Year’s Day collard greens, year round sweet tea, and, of course, party perfect pimento cheese. This spread, most notably found in the insane pimento cheese sandwiches at The Masters in Augusta, is equally delicious spread on slices of baguette, crackers, or crudités. Here, I share with you a recipe from Katie Lee Joel’s The Comfort Table that embodies the perfect mix between sharp cheddar, sweet relish, and tangy onion. Prepare it for your next party and you’ll be sure to dazzle even the staunchest Northerner at your table.Every Southern Girl's Delight
| 20 July |
First of all, congratulations to the bride to be. I am beyond elated for you and beyond grateful to you for providing me with an opportunity to FINALLY make these shrimp. Giada made this recipe at least a year ago and it has been loitering around my recipe box ever since. For those of you that know me, you know that once I get something in my head it is undoubtedly going to remain there haunting me and stressing me out until I finally concede. This and timeliness (which is of course next to Godliness) are the only ways in which I am OCD, but they are surely enough to drive me and others to a supreme state of irritation. If only I were infuriatingly clean as well…
I think I owe my obsession over this recipe to my larger goal of achieving the perfect polenta. Some might disagree, insisting that such a thing does not exist. Polenta is not the bland evil stepbrother of grits, the bastard child of an affair with a Italian import who, oozing with machismo and wooing unknowing women with their pretty accent and open conduct, swept Mrs. cornmeal away. No. When done right, I know in my heart that cornmeal can trump our precious Southern grits. One day, hopefully while I still have the leftover cornmeal in my pantry, I will perfect the yellow stepchild and I will share the resulting recipe with all of you.
Until then I want to share with you this recipe for polenta crusted shrimp. I made them for my friend’s wedding shower and they were about as good as I spent the last year dreaming them to be. Speaking of dreams, I had to endure my Mom cheering me on in a cupcake eating contest in attempt to fulfill her dream of grandbabies and marriage. I was charged with finding the hidden wedding ring which, like the brides bouquet, would mean that I too would soon get married. Ten cupcakes later and still sans ring I surrendered. Perhaps my Italian prince is simply charming, but that doesn’t mean my polenta dreams can’t come true.
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