December tea times

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Food, Home & garden, Travel | No Comments »

Earlier this month, we were down at the Gryphon Tea Room in Savannah, where they serve a dozen or more teas in fat porcelain pots. The afternoon we were there, a cold front was blowing in. Outside on Bull Street, ...

Under the pecan trees in Austin

Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in Food, Travel | No Comments »

The hot night in a pecan grove began with a cocktail that involved a lemongrass-infused vodka, white wine and tiny Mexican limes grown in Texas... and it just kept getting better.  There were skewers of grilled lamb sausage, fried rabbit, ...

“I ain’t old no more.”

Sunday, December 7th, 2008 Posted in Art, Craft, Literary, People, Travel | 1 Comment »

The music never seems to stop in Clarksdale, Mississippi. One morning there earlier this year, the first person we met on Delta Avenue was bluesman T-Model Ford, who was sitting in a folding chair eating eggs and toast from a ...

Salt-cured duck eggs to prune candy…

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Food, In print/published, Lowcountry S.C./Charleston | 1 Comment »

I haven't even seen a printed copy yet, but I'm pleased to have a couple of food stories in the December issue of Charleston Magazine (the annual Food issue), which is now out in print and online.  One piece that ...