Please read Part 1 of this sad story to fully grasp the significance of the attached report. Nashville, TN–After an unclear series of tragic events, Leroy “Tree” Brown–family Christmas tree of Suburban Diva–took its own life in the early hours of December 3rd, sources confirm today. While not described as “beloved,” (berated, beguiled and belittled […]
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O (No) Christmas Tree
This year we had it in our minds that we would forego the corner Christmas tree lot, and make a trip out to a tree farm where we would make some yuletide family memories with a chainsaw and some rope. We packed up the kids, headed northwest a couple of hours until we found a […]
Fall recipe wrap-up
To wrap-up November, Thanksgiving and autumn celebrations in general, here are some promised links to two recipes I served at Fakesgiving–my favorite holiday. Here is the corn pudding recipe I served–I doubled it and baked it twice as long and it was perfect. And that delicious cider punch? Not only good for Halloween, but seriously […]
Treme: Stories and Recipes from the Heart of New Orleans
“So here, in such context, we have an assemblage of classic and nouveau New Orleans cuisine. Some might innocently call it a cookbook. And if used in careful, Presbyterian moderation, it can be considered no worse than that. If you love New Orleans, if you love food, if you savor the great banquet of life, you could—once a […]
The Real Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner
As you complete your last-minute Thanksgiving grocery shopping today, you might find yourself in bewilderment over the recent released statistic that the average cost of the Thanksgiving meal for ten people is $49.04. You may have some trouble reconciling your 8 foot long grocery receipt for a much larger amount with that very misleading number. […]
Thanksgiving Primer
With the big holiday only a mere week away, I present to you this friendly, albeit no-so-helpful, Thanksgiving Dinner Primer. Turkey This is the most over-thought protein in the world. There are built-in thermometers, specifically-crafted deep-fryers, brining bags the size of Samsonites and special 1-800 hotlines to cook the easiest part of the entire Thanksgiving […]
Things on our Thanksgiving Table–Sweet potatoes
Thanksgiving is hands down my favorite holiday. I love a day that focuses on what’s good in life and then serves it up with gravy and football. There are no gifts, no decorations, no shopping other than the grocery store and I’m there every day of my life anyway. My table–like yours–is a patchwork quilt […]
What a crock
Admittedly, my biggest kitchen failures usually come from a Crock pot. If you forget about the first time I made Tiramisu without sugar or my passive-aggressive relationship with yeast, the Crock-pot is my next greatest culinary nemesis. Oh, I do fine with chili, soups or beans because that’s what slow-cookers are made for–heating things together […]
A tree falls in Nashville
Last weekend in our backyard… Me: The tree guy came and took down most of the dead trees in the backyard except for one. He said he would have to come back for that one with different equipment because it was too big. My Husband: That one by the fence line? That’s no big deal, […]
Old school rice pilaf
This easy and flavorful side is a souvenir from my youth when I thought rice only came in two varieties: Minute or pilaf. I left the Minute Rice back in the 80’s and the pilaf seemed doomed to stay there as well until a few months ago when I resurrected it. We’ve eaten it probably […]