NOT A TYPO. I wanted to make my mark with a salad dressing, so I took inspiration from the justly famous Green Goddess dressing and …

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NOT A TYPO. I wanted to make my mark with a salad dressing, so I took inspiration from the justly famous Green Goddess dressing and …
Asparagus. Goat cheese. Pine nuts. Strange bedfellows, or (as in this recipe) strange saladfellows! Indeed, but also quite delicious! Sometimes, the greatest challenge in developing …
Clafoutis. Catchy name or confounding? Well, if you’re French, it just rolls off the tongue, but if you’re the rest of us, it kind of …
SPUNKY: Creamy, crunchy, sharp, assertive. What makes a spunky? It’s the clean and interesting flavors. Not hot or spicy. Spunky! It’s the assertiveness of …
Another Greek Heritage Cooking and Southern food MASH UP! Another GrecoSoCo recipe. This time it’s my favorite grits, Jimmy Red Corn, and the Greek black-eyed …
Recently, my stepdaughter Tara asked me for cookware recommendations. She’s had a full set of a popular brand that her mother gifted her about twenty …
Today is Saturday, July 2nd. It’s not the Fourth of July, but the holiday that celebrates independence also promotes independence, so some people are celebrating …
My husband, Dewey, and I have a kitchen full of copper pots and pans. We also have cast iron, stainless steel and the ever-useful non-stick …
My husband, Dewey, loves a good burger! And who doesn’t? Recently, in an effort to have my burger and eat it too (in a low-carb …
The GrecoSoCo cooking journey continues. You may remember (from earlier posts) that I often blend my Southern husband’s traditional recipes with the Greek methods …