I get such a craving for Asian food sometimes. I’m not very good at cooking it myself, there’s something about the flavor combinations that aren’t intuitive to me while cooking, but are so delicious when put in front of me at a dinner table. In my recent piece for Tasty Kitchen, I featured one of…
Right now, I'm on a mini road trip from Little Rock, Arkansas to Austin, Texas. Don't worry, I'm not the one driving as I write this. I've been traveling as much as ever, without a kitchen most days, save for the times when friends and family let me take over theirs. As many people witnessed,…
When I was in Arkansas I made a new friend. And one night, while we all were digesting our 237th feast, she told us about this recipe she'd dreamed up using shrimp she'd had. It was smothered in scallions and tomatoes and lots and lots of butter. She agreed to make it for us as…
Another thing about the big garden at Tulipwood is that there were asparagus popping up all over the place this year. They just spontaneously sprouted wherever they pleased... amongst the tomato plants, with the radishes. It was like a game of Where's Waldo?... where would we come across an asparagus next? The reason for all…
I have a pretty nutty week ahead. In the span of four hours I'm going to be transported from rural Arkansas where I have been hiding out and have had to take desperate measures for an internet connection....to the meatpacking district of New York City where the internet and just about everything else is fast.…
It begins with an Amish man. Like most of my stories do.Okay fine it doesn't begin with him, it begins with a 5 pound sack of potatoes that we purchased at a run down store in a vacant town across from this abandoned house that I really want to buy and fix up but am…
In case you missed it, or if by some small chance you don't know about The Pioneer Woman, (is there anyone left on the planet that doesn't know about The Pioneer Woman? I think they even frequent her site from the space station) I posted a lovely recipe for one of my favorite salads --…
The roses are in season. That sounds funny to say the roses are "in season" but I suppose everything is in season at one point or another, everyone and everything has a season, some longer than others. We have a rose arbor at Tulipwood, my great grandfather built it after he bought Tulipwood from the…
I love eating wild foods which you can probably tell by now.Also, fried dough is delicious.So is amaretto.I had read about elderflower fritters in the process of making elderflower syrup and I just had to know more.Edible earthy tasting flowers, amaretto flavored batter, powdered sugar... let's go!It begins with flour, lemon zest, 2 eggs, vanilla,…