Ada St. Chicago
Ada St’s Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire Vida Mezcal, Dolin Dry, chile agave, egg white, lime Back in November I took my 3rd business trip of the year to Chicago. Hey, I’m not...
Happy Holidays!
Archer is looking forward to his 1st Christmas! While I had really good intentions of getting a couple of blog posts up this week, I’ve been buried with work (did you happen to see...
StreetSmart: Dine Out, Give $1
Okay folks, I don’t often ask much of you, but today I’m asking those of you here in Nashville to do me a favor. In the days leading up to New Year’s Eve,...
Sausage Rye Party Melts
The early 80’s were seriously awesome. Like, for sure. In those days, I was obsessed with Valley Girls, leg warmers, my totally gnarly sticker collection, and being high scorer on Galaga. If you’d...
Sweet Discoveries: Sugar Crumb Bakery and Toffee Cellar
My son’s Montessori school recently had a fundraiser dinner, and I figured I’m better at finding good food than I am at decorating and organizing a big event, so I volunteered for the...
Holiday Tradition: Aunt Gay’s Rum Cake
Every family has their own holiday food tradition, maybe even a few. The sweet treat that I look forward to every year around this time is my Aunt Gay’s Rum Cake. For me,...
Tiny Food Party! (plus Mini Chicken ‘n’ Waffles!)
I love planning menus for parties, but this past year I haven’t had too many (okay, any) opportunities to host a party of my own. So when the kind folks at Quirk Books reached...
More Nashville Restaurant Openings: {PUB}licity, Perl, Feast and Salsa
Several years ago I lived in Bellevue. Let’s just say the dining scene in that little corner of the world wasn’t exactly booming back then. And while I still wouldn’t exactly say that...
Turnip Truck Holiday Tasting – Nov 28
Free coffee, chocolate and beer? I’m there! This Wednesday’s tasting event at the Turnip Truck in the Gulch should give you some great ideas for shopping locally this holiday season. Personally I can’t...
Openings: Rolf and Daughters + 8th and Roast
As of last night, Rolf and Daughters, the highly anticipated new restaurant in Germantown, is officially open for business! What I know: The owner is James Beard nominated Philip Krajeck The name Rolf and...
