Strawberry season is the perfect time of year, and strawberries are my all time favorite fruit. A friend of mine pretty much summed it up with, “I love strawberries because they’re awesome.” Yep, I totally agree. I’ve posted recipes for a few strawberry goodies on this site: Sweet & Savory Strawberry Salad, Strawberry Shortcake Muffins [...]
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On April 3, 2012 Louisville hosted its first ever Guerrilla Cuisine dinner. The concept for Guerrilla Cuisine, created by Jimihatt, caught on like wildfire in Charleston, SC and is slowly moving into other cities around the country. Louisville was the location for the fifth event outside the state of South Carolina. I joined my writer [...]
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One of the best parts of being a food blogger is getting to know so many wonderful people who also happen to be excellent cooks. Because I travel frequently, I don’t always have enough time to make the foods I’d like for a given holiday. This Easter is one of those busy times. Luckily, I’m [...]
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Laissez les bons temps rouler – Let the good times roll! Happy Fat Tuesday everyone! It’s officially Mardi Gras and the South is atwitter with the merriment of the day. Mardi Gras dates back to Spring pagan celebrations of the ancient Romans, and evolved over time to become the last celebration before the beginning of [...]
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I recently posted about a Mindful Eating Plan I created for myself and am implementing for the next month. Below is a list of foods that meet that plan, and that I’ve been eating the past week. I’ll start posting recipes for Mindful Eating that will be designated with an “ME” in the title. You [...]
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The January/February 2012 edition of Edible Louisville is out and I am totally stoked because yours truly was given the wonderful opportunity to write an article for the publication. The article focuses on the Kentucky Food Bloggers, a group I joined last year that writes about the love of food and farming across the Bluegrass [...]
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I love food (I mean, hello, you’ve seen this blog). The idea of not eating what I want when I want seems abysmal. I’ve never dieted (the mere word makes me cringe). However, I so want to eat more mindfully for the next month and see what happens and how I feel. There are numerous [...]
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This weekend I had my annual Christmas baking get together with friends. This was my first year baking in Kentucky for the holidays in the past 10 years. I pre-made 6 of the doughs that will be highlighted in the 12 Days of Christmas Cookies in the week to come and, while everything will be [...]
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You may be familiar with the wonderful 1967 film starring Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier and Spencer Tracy that artfully addressed some of the most controversial issues of the time. This clip from Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner always gives me chills. It was Hepburn and Tracy’s last film together and Spencer Tracy died just 17 [...]
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This weekend I bought a plethora of produce at the Farmers Market. Two days later a few items are already starting to get a little shriveled and whithery. I’ve made some accommodations – de-skinning and slicing the peaches for this weekend’s Blueberry Peach Pie and putting them in a ziplock bag in the freezer, and [...]
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