The movie “My Cousin Vinny” gave us a classic laugh line when actor Joe Pesci, playing a New Jersey lawyer confronting breakfast in the Deep South, asks: “What’s a grit?” There’s still some confusion over whether “grits” should be treated in the singular or the plural. But there’s no mistaking where grits come from. They […]
The aroma of old-fashioned gingerbread baking in the oven automatically signals the arrival of Christmas. With its strange mix of molasses, cloves, nutmeg and other spices, gingerbread is an anachronism. Yet somehow it has maintained its grip on the holiday tradition. Personally, I don’t care much for gingerbread cookies or the stuff that gingerbread houses […]
We had a great crowd of parents, kids and staff at our “Parents Night” dinner celebrating our “food appreciation” classes. With staff plating the food and kids running the plates to the tables, everything moved like clockwork. As you can see, there’s nothing terribly fancy about the dining room. But we do dress the table […]
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