A little rerun for the weekend; hope you enjoy another look at Dads, fried chicken, creamed corn and Eisenhower. Happy Father’s Day with love, to you and yours, both then and now. Father’s Day, and All Its Parts Originally posted June 20, 2009 We’re on the road this weekend, toward Western Kansas, to Abilene, to [...]
Posted in chicken, guest posts, recipes on Jul 28th, 2009
I’m out of town, and lucky to bring you a guest post from wonderful writer Paige Orloff, food editor of The Sister Project. When Paige isn’t writing, cooking, or thinking about cooking, this city-turned-country girl cares for family, friends, horses and fowl. I asked Paige to share a food memory, and did she ever; clearly, [...]
Posted in Holiday, Kansas, chicken, family on Jun 20th, 2009
We’re on the road this weekend, toward Western Kansas, to Abilene, to stare at some pretty country, to fret about tornadoes, to visit the Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum. We toured Ike’s boyhood home, gawked at parlor chairs and portraits and sifters, trying to find out what makes great men great. Here in Mrs. Eisenhower’s [...]
Posted in ten-word thursday on Oct 2nd, 2008
Talk about my favorite chicken in ten words? You bet. Spicy, please – - green beans… …Bo Ling’s. Gong POW! Peppers, ow.
We had friends to dinner the other night, a nice little party with flowers and wine and Josie upstairs. These days I like making it nice but not stiff, special without fuss – but just a few years back it was all fuss all the time – to a newly minted chef girl, married girl, [...]
