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What's For Dinner: Refrigerator pickles
I love pickles. From dilly beans and spiced peaches to pink boiled eggs from a jar, the answer is yes please! I've canned all kinds of pickles, but this year I didn't have the time or volume of produce...
View ArticleWhat's for dinner: Sauerkraut Soup
In Pennsylvania, sauerkraut is a beloved flavor of the holiday season. My family had sauerkraut soup every Christmas Eve, and ate pork and sauerkraut as the first dinner of the new year. Eating...
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What's for dinner: Sage advice
Sage makes magic with animal fat. A perennial herb in the mint family, it’s commonly associated with sausage, poultry, and rich dairy dishes. Mother Nature bestowed my garden with sage and not much...
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What’s For Dinner v. 13.02: Jackfruit
My first taste of jackfruit was at a vegan restaurant in Asheville, NC. It appeared twice on the menu, as pulled “pork” and krabby cakes. Hubby and I ordered both and were blown away by its utter...
View ArticleFatal school shooting in Charlotte suburb today
This will be brief, but I haven’t seen it mentioned at all here. One student is dead after being shot this morning at Butler High School in Matthews, NC, a Charlotte suburb. Charlotte-Mecklenburg...
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What’s For Dinner? v.13.15 — Pot Pie
Nothing says cold weather comfort food like a fragrant, bubbly pot pie. It’s a great way to use up leftover meat and veggies, and the flavor possibilities are limited only by your imagination! Not a...
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"Congressman With Guts" v. Benghazi!!!: This.
This is the best idea I've heard in ages, and it doesn't seem to have been diaried yet. Short and sweet:The Huffington Post is reporting,WASHINGTON -- Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) is willing to serve on...
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What’s For Dinner v.13.22: Holy Supper
My love affair with cooking is rooted in my Slovak and Russian heritage. My great grandparents emigrated through Ellis Island in the 1910s en route to the anthracite coal mines of northeastern...
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What’s For Dinner v. 13.31: Preserved Citrus
My white grapefruit harvest this year was more than I could possibly turn into juice and candied peel. Determined not to let the last 10 pounds of organic citrus go to waste, I turned to a technique I...
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What’s For Dinner? V. 13.39: Adventures In Lacto Fermentation
What started as a one-off experiment to preserve my home grown grapefruit has evolved into a mild obsession with the ancient art of lacto-fermentation and delivered a fridge full of probiotic goodness....
View ArticleSix people shot on UNC Charlotte campus, 2 dead, 4 injured
Details are still coming in, but WSOC TV is reporting is three people have been shot on the campus of UNC Charlotte. xNinerAlert: Shots reported near kennedy. Run, Hide, Fight. Secure yourself...
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What’s For Dinner? v13.46: Bamboo Shoots
The bamboo patch next to my yard makes a lovely privacy hedge. It is also an invasive species, and every spring my lawn erupts with shoots that can grow several inches overnight. In tonight’s adventure...
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What’s For Dinner? V 14.02: Chilled Soup
It’s been really, really hot so tonight I’m heading straight for the recipes. The topic is chilled soup featuring seasonal veggies and herbs. Enjoy!Creamy Avocado Soup with MintI love this for...
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What’s For Dinner? v14.08: Kimchi
Kimchi has been a staple of Korean cuisine since long before the advent of refrigeration. Vegetables fermented in ceramic crocks provided crucial sources of essential nutrients through the long winter...
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What’s For Dinner v14:49: Mushroom Pâté
This slow food recipe is one of my summer favorites. It has multiple steps, the most difficult of which is the delayed gratification of letting the flavors meld overnight. The result is a satisfying...
View Article16 people test positive for COVID-19 after attending N.C. high school graduation
On May 28, 2020 the Union County, NC school board voted to hold in-person graduation ceremonies in defiance of Governor(D) Roy Cooper’s executive order prohibiting mass gatherings of more than 10...
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What’s For Dinner: 16.06 Tamales
Tamales are delicious and versatile. They’re naturally gluten-free, easily adaptable to vegetarian/vegan diets, and great for meal prep or feeding a crowd. Assembling them can seem intimidating, but...
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What’s For Dinner? v.16.13: Kombucha
Beverages are a part of dinner, right? Right! Tonight, I’ll try to demystify the fizzy, funky, probiotic-rich fermented sweet tea called kombucha. I first tasted kombucha a couple of years ago at a...
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What’s For Dinner? v16.27: Sunchoke Soup
Sunchokes are the edible tubers of Helianthus tuberosis, a type of sunflower. They resemble ginger root with a knobby texture and thin skin, and have a nutty, sweet flavor. Tonight I’ll do a show and...
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