Sorry to be so last-minute on black-eyed peas for New Year’s and New Year’s Eve! I have to admit eating black-eyed peas has never been my family’s tradition, despite my dad’s Southern roots. Nevertheless, I like black-eyed peas, especially Edna Lewis‘s Black-Eyed Peas with Onions, Garlic and Tomato. Much tastier than most Hoppin’ John I’ve […]
Entries from December 31st, 2008
Late-breaking black-eyed peas recipe!
December 31st, 2008 · 3 Comments · recipes
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Take a peek at new website; tell me what you think
December 29th, 2008 · 6 Comments · General, Healthy eating
On the off chance you’ve been dying to know what I’ve been up to, besides holiday-related stuff, I think I’m ready to show you now. As I think I previously mentioned, I have been working to develop a new site from which I’m hoping to make a little money. It’s called Homecooking Revival, and I […]
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Make-ahead vegetables, minus the cream
December 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Food preparation
I’ve drawn the vegetable card again this year, but, unlike last year, I’m not worrying about it as much. I’m going to roast Brussels sprouts with olive oil and lemon rind. I’ll also do a green-bean dish for the I-hate-cruciferous-vegetables fools. “Another Diane” raised the make-ahead-vegetable question in the comments from last year’s entry, pointing […]
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Winter doesn’t end eating local foods
December 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Food selection, local food
Yes, there’s snow on the ground and winter officially begins Sunday, but you don’t need to give up on local foods. I was reminded of this today when I got an email from the National Resources Defense Council that linked to its nifty local-food-in-season tool. You enter your state and choose the half-month “season” you’re […]
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Store’s pecans fail to live up to past standard
December 17th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Food selection
Holiday baking has me thinking of my dad. As I previously noted, Dad liked pecans (understandable for a Southern boy), and for the past few years he has treated his daughters at Christmastime to 2 pounds of shelled pecans from Sunnyland Farms in Albany, Georgia. I thought those pecans were nice and tasted good, but […]
By request: How to section grapefruit without membranes
December 15th, 2008 · 10 Comments · Cooking tips
It’s funny the kitchen tasks you take for granted. My friend and her souffles, for example, or me and my grapefruits sections (or my orange sections—same idea). But this weekend I took a salad that included grapefruit sections to a gathering, and Ann recalled the tedious task from her childhood of removing the membranes from […]
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