The first time I went to Bar Taco, I wasn’t expecting much. I didn’t realize how fresh and healthy (ish) the food is and how the kitchen runs like a well-oiled machine. Crushing on Bar Taco and Healthy Dining Choices This Week we are Crushing on Bar Taco, as I had a chance to try…
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My Favorite Brunch Places in Nashville
Brunch Nashville -Places We’ve Eaten and Loved Brunch for me means meeting friends on a Sunday morning, staying into afternoon, and ordering cocktails. Whether you need a spicy egg dish to cure your hangover, a savory lunch meal, a mimosa or sangria to celebrate sunday funday, or a just cool place to hang with friends,…
Favorite Holiday Side Dishes and Desserts
Easter and Mother’s Day and other Spring Holidays are right around the corner. It’s time to plan your Spring dinner or brunch. The good news about Spring Holiday Side Dishes is that so many things can be healthy, gluten free, grain free and still satisfying. You decide if you’re eating ham, rack of lamb, a prime…
How to Make Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream
Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream Make this ice cream and serve it with my pumpkin bread. You know what’s special about both of these recipes? They have come through friendship. The Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream comes from the Third Thursday Community Potluck Cookbook by fellow food writer, Nancy Vienneau. When she started the Thursday Community Potluck, back…
Shrimp Tacos Recipe with Mango Salsa
Did you know that sometimes two completely different things make one perfect thing? When you put a mango and a grapefruit together, it’s magic, and a burst of different texture and flavor that accompanies shrimp splendidly. I developed this recipe for shrimp tacos for Tortilla Land a few years ago, and thought it was time to…
Nashville: Brunch at the Tavern
I love the Tavern mostly for their burgers and upscale bar food, but Brunch is double love! The cocktails are beautiful and taste better and they are two for one! I am crushing on the Sangria. My favorite lighter choice is the Singapore Stir Fry. Fried Rice topped with two perfectly runny fried eggs. The…
Strawberry Martini Recipe
Mother’s Day is coming up and nothing says “get through the day” like a strawberry martini. May is the perfect strawberry picking month in Nashville and, just a little bit south of here, we got to pick some luscious strawberries. We came home with so many I almost didn’t know what to do. Almost. Quickly, I…
Strawberry Sundae Recipe for a Strawberry Festival Party
Does it seem silly to have a recipe for strawberry sundae? Perhaps, but it’s the subtle things in life that make a difference. First of all, the strawberries need to be sweet. If they aren’t freshly picked, or bought at a fruit stand, they probably aren’s as sweet and need some sugar. A few years…
Saint Añejo Introduces Brunch in the Gulch
Saint Anejo now serves brunch on Saturday and Sunday. This is very good news, because the food is good, the drinks (two for one at Brunch time) are pleasing in so many ways, and weather permitted, they have a fantastic patio. Saint Anejo invited Doug and I to try the new brunch menu, knowing we…
Book Review : The Hip Girls Guide to the Kitchen by Kate Payne
The Hip Girls Guide to the Kitchen by Kate Payne is something every modern kitchen needs. It’s not a cookbook, although there are a few recipes. It’s a foundational book to help the modern girl get her kitchen started. Not too many women grow up in the kitchen anymore. They grow up on the soccer…
Saint Añejo M Street’s Premiere Tex Mex Restaurant in Nashville and a Tequila Tasting Lesson
Where do you go for Mexican food in Nashville? That’s a complicated question, because it has to be qualified. If you’re looking for good Mexican food, leaning tex mex style, a casual, cool vibe, late night hours, sports bar, fab patio, a tequila menu of over 120 labels of all 100% blue agave, then Saint…
Easter Sides, Easter Desserts
You have that spiral ham, and now you have to think about Easter sides and Easter desserts. Here are some ideas to help make Easter Dinner Special. Refresh with White Sangria or Strawberry Sangria with Lime and Basil Try pasta as a side dish. This classic Genovese basil, potato and green bean spaghetti works so…