Aside from eating a lot of beignets and muffuletta in New Orleans, I also went duck hunting. I had been planning it with a friend down there since September. I had never been to New Orleans but decided it just had to be in the "Girl Hunter" book. It just had to.And so we got…
I ate a lot over the past few weeks. I also cooked a lot. I'm very full. Very, very full.The very first thing I ate was this:
A Muffuletta. Have you heard of it? Someone called me that as a nickname often and I didn't know it was an actual thing until I went to…
I'm continuing a little fun game I started back in Wyoming a few months ago. I have been traveling so much that I had the pleasure of seeing the fall colors in so many parts of the country.Well guess what I'm seeing now?Holiday sparkle. When I was flying low in the plane the other night,…
I'm just finishing up a whirlwind cooking and hunting excursion in the Delta and Gulf region. My first stop was New Orleans where they have architecture unlike anything I've ever seen in this country. My friend, for example, lived in this converted "corner store," which has the air of... candy shop meets loft space. It…
*Update:* The winner is... Gloria.Congratulations! You're going to love this book. Send me an email to claim your loot!_______________________I met a woman named Elana not too long ago. We met in a hallway of a hotel at a conference and as soon as we met I felt like I had known her for a…
The first official hunt I ever went on was in Arkansas with the Commissioner of Fish and Game. He was the family of a friend of mine, and I was told that hunting with him was something people bid on at auctions. Down in Arkansas, he was a bigger deal than the President of the…
And the randomly selected winners (using Random.org) are:ncnguyen514, Maryclare and Flygirl RebaCongratulations! Email me at georgia at georgiapellegrini dot com with your addresses! Happy Holidays!________________________________Tis the season to give and give. Here are my ideas and a gift from me to you. Scroll to the bottom for a giveaway!Stovetop SmokerThe best smoked salmon I ever…
Life is funny sometimes. Actually life is usually funny. It is rare that life behaves. I have experienced a lot of serendipitous events in the past two years, I'm not sure why, I like to think that someone is watching over me and choreographing it all while I write, and travel, and travel, and write,…
My friend Mia is an ex-pat now. She crossed the pond and married an Englishman and their family lives here part of the time, in a beautiful old estate where pheasants and ducks roam the woods, with an occasional woodcock and pigeon too, and even a muntjac, that strange beast that looks like a large…