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Holland House in East Nashville – Delicious Food, Smart Old Timey Cocktails

May 3, 2013

Holland House is one of my favorite restaurants in the Nashville area. If I lived in this East Nashville neighborhood, I would be a regular, frequenting their rather huge but friendly bar which also serves small bites, dinner and a nightly happy hour. Holland House is the fruit of a good idea, shared by Terry [...]

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Beet Greens and Candy Striped and Golden Beet Salad

April 30, 2013

Did you know that you can eat the beet greens that are attached to the beets? All too often, the beet greens are cut off and beets are purchased loose, but look for beets with fresh looking greens because this is a power house combination of nutrition and good eats. Beet greens are not hearty [...]

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Bacon Cheddar Chive Biscuits for a Sunday Morning

April 27, 2013

Bacon Cheddar Chive Biscuits are the perfect biscuit for a Sunday morning. There is time to fry the bacon, grate the cheese and go out the garden to snip off some fresh chives. I mentioned morning, but these biscuits travel well into supper time served with soup or salad. I realize this makes two biscuits [...]

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Open Face Sandwich of Bangers and Lentil Mash, Pineapple Sage, Tabasco Mayonnaise

April 25, 2013

Bangers and Lentil Mash Sandwich is hearty and flavorful piled on top of grilled crusty sour dough with spicy tabasco sauce and only needs a cold beer for perfection. How in the world did I come up with Bangers and Lentil Mash you ask? It was a month long process of brain storming to participate [...]

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Chef Carlos Davis Brings Riff’s Sunday Brunch to the Nashville Farmer’s Market

April 23, 2013

Riff’s Sunday Brunch, an extension of Riff’s Fine Street Food, is a must go to if you are anywhere near the Nashville Farmer’s Market on Sundays. Chef Carlos Davis has done it again, cooking true to his heart with lots of flavor and surprise. When I wrote about Riff’s Fine Food Truck two years ago, [...]

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Sweet Potato Biscuits and a New Biscuit Making Tip

April 22, 2013

Sweet potato biscuits are new to my kitchen. I added in some tumeric which helps to wake them up along with cinnamon, but the flavor that is most predominant is the sweet potato and that’s as it should be. Be warned that these are addicting and you may eat more than you planned. The seduction [...]

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Bella Nashville Pizzeria at the Nashville Farmer’s Market Gets it Right

April 19, 2013

Located at the Nashville Farmer’s Market, Bella Nashville Pizzeria is little hike for me, but may explain why I’ve been spotted there twice in the last month. Bella Nashville Pizzeria, we love you. It’s not a fluke. It’s not a dream. We have found a pizza place we adore! It’s not just the wood burning [...]

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Two Green Smoothie Recipes using Kale and Spinach

April 18, 2013

I am loving my Vitamix to make green smoothies. I am back to my healthy self again, which means all out exercise. It took me about three weeks to rebuild my stamina from pneumonia, the flu and a sinus infection, which took the better part of three months of my life, where my exercise was [...]

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Melted Tuscan Kale

April 13, 2013

Do you like used book stores? I am a double winner when it comes to finding cookbooks at this very cool used book store, BookManBookWoman.in Hillsboro Village in Nashville. One recent Sunday I took a friend there and we both got stuck in the cooking section. I sat on a tiny stool and read at [...]

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Virago, an Asian Fusion Experience in Nashville

April 10, 2013

Post edit: I wrote this post yesterday and last night attended Nashville’s Iron Fork where Chef Jessica Benefield competed against three other excellent contenders and won. I watched Chef Jessica diligently at work with the secret ingredient, maple syrup, and I had a feeling she was the one to beat. Congratulations Chef Jessica, just one [...]

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