Tallahassee, Florida is home to the Florida State Seminoles, state government, and my family. It’s located in what we call the “panhandle” of our Sunshine State. As you know, the Panhandle borders the Gulf of Mexico, a body of water that has recently met its match thanks to the unbelievable Deep Water Horizon oil spill. [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Sun Tan Oil and Gulf Oil
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Entree, Lunch, Markets, Quick Ideas, Salads and Sides, Seafood, Snacks, Vegetarian on June 22, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The Mimi Project: Cooling Cukes
Posted in Budget, Dinner, Lunch, Quick Ideas, Salads and Sides, Southern, The Mimi Project, Vegetarian on June 20, 2010 | 7 Comments »
My little garden is really starting to produce: my first cherry tomatoes have ripened, the first large green tomatoes are ready to ripen, we’ve enjoyed many wonderful leaf lettuce salads, and now the cucumbers are going crazy. Mimi and Granddaddy always had a big garden when I was growing up. In the summertime, they grew [...]
When life gives you lemons…make limoncello!
Posted in Drink on June 7, 2010 | 5 Comments »
OK – so my story doesn’t have any sort of sad component about getting metaphorical lemons; instead, I just got a bunch of actual lemons! And when life gives you actual lemons, why make lemonade when you can make limoncello? One of my girlfriends from business school offered to have her family tote home-grown lemons [...]