Autumn Pear Sidecar cocktail
With the end of the hot weather, I think it's time to put away the fruity, fizzy drinks of summer and return to the warmer amber spirits. I do love the classic cocktails that use brandy, rye, and whiskey as…
Homemade Sauerkraut – fermented foods at home
It's almost October and the cool weather has started settling in, even here in the muggy South. There is something about the cooler temperatures that sends me back into the kitchen to make food. And one of those foods that is…
Aperol Spritz, an Italian aperitivo drink
I just spent 10 days traveling through Italy and I'm having a hard time adjusting to life back in Atlanta. Besides the daily gelato, I'm particularly missing my afternoon Aperol Spritz. Everywhere we went in Italy, as the heat of…
Pickled Shrimp – a traditional Low Country appetizer
Making pickled shrimp - a traditional Low Country dish, served cold on a hot summer day.
Dutch Baby Pancake
Dutch baby pancake, or German oven pancake, is an easy breakfast dish that is sure to impress.
Quick Refrigerator Pickles – easy garlic pickles
Making quick refrigerator pickles is easy, with no heat-processing involved. Here is a recipe for Spicy Garlic Refrigerator Pickles.
White Wine Peach Sangria
White Wine Peach Sangria with Albariño wine from Spain, Cointreau, fresh peaches, lemons, and oranges.
Summer Vegetable Succotash
Here is a very Southern summer vegetable succotash - corn, okra, tomatoes, squash, pepper, onion, basil and Benton's bacon.
Blackberry Thyme bramble cocktail
Blackberry Thyme Bramble Cocktail Recipe a refreshing summer drink incorporating fresh blackberries, thyme-infused simple syrup, lemon juice, gin, and club soda. Includes making the thyme-infused syrup and the cocktail
Zucchini Pancakes – a summer garden recipe
Besides the tomato, is there any vegetable that announces the height of the summer garden more than the zucchini? At a certain point each summer, I start to see it everywhere...at the local Farmer's Market, in my CSA box, in bags…
Buford Highway – Atlanta’s food melting pot
Atlanta is known for many things - its sprawling suburbs, horrific traffic and never ending construction among them. Even if you hate sitting on the Downtown Connector at rush hour, there is no denying that this city has a certain…
La Floridita Daiquiri – Hemingway’s favorite cocktail
In Old Havana, Cuba, there is a bar called El Floridita. In 1917, a Catalan bartender named Constantino Ribalaigua Vert began working there and was soon known for the quality of his cocktails. Even if he was an expert mixologist…