What Should I Eat in New Orleans?

Help! I’m going to Jazz Fest for the first time ever in two days. This is my second trip to New Orleans and the only destination eating I did last time was beignets at Cafe DuMonde – this was pre-Katrina, a long time ago. Dan has never been. While the point of the trip is [...]

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An old standby

In trying to save money, our health, and the planet – no pressure, really! – Dan and I are trying to eat out less often and to eat more homemade meals made from whole foods.  I think of this as a direction I’m moving in, rather than a goal to be attained finally or wholly.  [...]

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What’s your story?

I’m sure you often think about what your story is. How did you get to where you are now?  What lead you there?  Who influenced you?  Was it your career, personal life, interests or maybe hardships? I have been trying to write my own food story in my head.  People ask me and I can’t [...]

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Gettin’ souped-up for the fall! (or winter)

Hey y’all! So, I think I have drafted this post three different times now.  With each draft, time just slipped away from me and what I’d written was no longer relevant. For instance, the I began this post while I was writing a term paper for High Tech Marketing on the adoption of Electronic Medical [...]

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What do cantaloupes and Gone with the Wind have to do with one another?

Hey y’all (no, I do not use this greeting on a regular basis, in fact I only use it when I am back home) ~ I would first like to say, as my sister can confirm for you, I am incapable of articulating myself quickly and efficiently.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve [...]

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Tail-gating

Being from the South, where football is a not-optional part of life, I had a hard time during the season, which seemed to last all year. I couldn’t care less and grew tired of the blank stares when I explained that I wasn’t rooting for one side or the other. After a while, I just [...]

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