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Meatless Monday!: Broccoli Leek Soup

Mar 8, 2010 1:56pm

I’m not a huge broccoli fan. I rarely eat it without a.) cheese, b.) dip, or c.) bacon, as The Lord intended. Otherwise, He would not have created it to taste like dirt when it’s raw and smell like terlit water as it cooks. Can I get an Amen? And yet, I...

Sunshine Pound Cake. Like sexual napalm, but lemony.

Mar 2, 2010 11:24am

I just read that Jessica Simpson is going to appear on “Oprah” this Friday to complain about John Mayer calling her “sexual napalm.” What’s wrong with being sexual napalm? MUST I BEAR THIS BURDEN ALONE?Of course not. I’m sure you’re all sexual napalm, and that’s why you deserve this bombshell of a...

Meatless Monday!: Chipotle Portobello Burgers

Mar 1, 2010 9:37am

I love a good mushroom burger. Remember the one I made with pesto, Provolone and roasted red peppers? That’s a classic, Italian-inspired portobello burger. When a restaurant has a portobello burger on the menu, that’s usually the one. It’s the standard. If portobello burgers were panties, the Italian version would be white...

Baked Shrimp Scampi

Feb 25, 2010 12:05pm

Have you got the fevah? No, not that stomach bug that keeps going around. I’m talking about Spuh-ring! Fever. Having your feet in the snow but your mind on the apple blossoms. And cookouts. And picnics. And sunshine. You with me?Unfortunately, it’s 33 degrees in Nashville. But that’s where this Baked Shrimp Scampi...

Tiramisu Sundae! A creamy-crunchy coffee tornado in a cup.

Feb 23, 2010 10:09pm

I make a mean tiramisu, but this talent is lost on Jeff, who is a shunner of all things coffee, coffee-related, javafied and mocha-esque. When Mommaw gave me a kickass Keurig for Christmas, Jeff looked at it the same way he looks at Henry the Wonderdog. With repulsion followed by...

Chorizo, Bean and Cheese Nachos

Feb 20, 2010 2:02pm

OF COURSE we usually have well-balanced meals around here. Lean meats and vegetables. And fruit! But sometimes it’s fun to share a pile of nachos for dinner. Like, when “Lost” is on. Or “Die Hard.” Or, when after roughly 72 icy, gray weekends in a row, Mother Nature smooths her furrowed...

Coconut Cupcakes from a Twittering Doodie

Feb 19, 2010 11:55am

When I was a kid, we were taught that bragging was bad. Because every time a child brags, a baby unicorn gets rabies. Still, I forgot about the baby unicorns earlier this week when my sister texted me, asking what was new. I mean, she’s my sister and a Harvard graduate...

Sausage Balls. The culinary equivalent of taking your top off.

Feb 11, 2010 11:08am

“Have a nice glass of wine, and take your top off.” – Julia Roberts, on how to have a great Valentine’s Day Last Valentine’s Day, I made a big mistake. Well, actually, four small ones. A lovely little set of pastel Conversation Heart Mini Cakes. Elisa Strauss (from Confetti Cakes!) linked...

New Orleans Bourbon Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce

Feb 5, 2010 2:20pm

When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. But when life hands you a 2-day-old baguette, a freshly opened bottle of Maker’s Mark and five delicious snowbound days, you make Bourbon Bread Pudding. With a warm, buttery bourbon sauce. And bourbon-soaked raisins. It’s the sort of dessert you want to curl up...

Snow-Day Skillet Cookie!

Jan 28, 2010 12:11pm

Here in Nashville, there’s a certain low-frequency buzz. And if you’re quiet and listen very hard, you’ll hear the sounds that make up that buzz – the electronic bleeps of grocery cash registers ringing up hot chocolate and popcorn, the rumble of salt trucks and the fervently whispered prayers of...