Sharon’s Rice and Green Chile
Sharon’s rice and green chile went from ribs night in Baton Rouge to our Thanksgiving table. Assemble it two days ahead, and always make the double batch.
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Floating Under the Hunter’s Moon
Lacey and I floated on air mattresses in a heated pool at Chateau Elan for a full-moon sound bath, then closed it out with a spa day. A perfect two days.
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Eight Pies for Six People
Thanksgiving is the only time I make pie, and I make eight of them for six people. Here’s how the pies just grew, one person at a time.
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How We Do Halloween at the Creek House
How Halloween went at the Creek House: a graveyard that grows every year, store-bought ghosts losing to the wind, and Callie supervising the whole thing.
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Friday Roundup #45
Happy Halloween! A deer-proof motion sensor, ghosts losing to the wind, saffron still thinking it over, and what I’m reading, watching and eating.
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Ham Stock from a HoneyBaked Ham Bone
Ham stock from a HoneyBaked ham bone: the usual vegetables, a low oven overnight, and a little over 9 quarts for the freezer. Plus my 12-hour oven reset trick.
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Sharon’s Pecan Cheese Ball
Sharon’s pecan cheese ball, the holiday appetizer that converts the “ew, cheese ball” crowd. The secret nobody ever guesses: pineapple in heavy syrup.
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Sweatshirt Day
Sweatshirt Day has no date, but you know it when it comes. This year it was September 27: the sweater bag came out, the AC went quiet, the window opened.
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Where’s the Pumpkin? Pumpkin Spice and the Art of Selling a Feeling
Pumpkin spice was always pumpkin pie spice. How a dropped word, a pumpkin-free latte and a lot of scarcity sold us a feeling, plus my own homemade syrup.
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Friday Roundup #43
A rainy girls weekend near Tallulah Falls, saffron crocus at last, a rabbit hole called Any Human Ever, World Food Day, and what I’m reading and watching.
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Homemade Mushroom Powder (or, What I Found Wandering Super H Mart)
Homemade mushroom powder is the one-ingredient umami trick worth keeping on your shelf. Grind dried shiitakes into a savory powder for soups, eggs, and more.
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The Night the Northern Lights Came to North Georgia
On the night of October 10, 2024, the northern lights reached north Georgia. I put the top down, drove north, and watched the sky turn red from the side of the highway.
