Never too old to travel!
No culinary experience in Morroco, especially Chef Joanne Weir’s Culinary Journey, would be complete with a trip to the Marrakech medina. It’s there that the freshest, most colorful foods are piled high for what is truly a feast for the eyes. And once you get home, the makings of a feast for all! It begins […]
Read More…Sometimes there’s a side benefit to foraging for local cuisine, especially if you’re a tourist in New Orleans. And who doesn’t want Real Nawlins Food? We sure ’nuff do, so whenever we visit, we duck out of the French Quarter to a favorite place of ours — Jacques-Imo’s on Oak Street, at the far end […]
Read More…As iconic as the Café Du Monde in New Orleans is for us and other tourists, it presented something new this trip: a trip to the back of the restaurant to see “how it’s done”! No visit to NOLA is complete for us without a stop at 800 Decatur Street. It’s where the Original Café […]
Read More…You might as well not even think about traveling to the New Orleans French Quarter if you’re not going to eat what locals do. And so we heed our own advice: plan your next meal; then tour what’s nearby! Although we’re frequent travelers to the Big Easy (Spent honeymoon there and many other trips in our 48 […]
Read More…It’s not a wedding without wedding cake, but we’re always amazed at the extraordinary feat it must be to create an elaborate, elegant, showy-yet-tasty after-dinner creation. At my niece’s wedding this past weekend in Magnolia, Texas, the bride’s cake drew attention. And well it should. It had it all: layers of almond cake with buttercream […]
Read More…We’re reposting this piece on the Big Kahuna Wing Festival from the event in 2013. Tomorrow the 2015 version rolls out from 12 to 8 at World’s Fair Park in Knoxville. Get ready for the tastiest wings anywhere and for a hot afternoon — wear sunscreen and hats! You’ll love the vendors, music, people, and, […]
Read More…It’s finally happening, Knoxville! Our much-anticipated new Whole Foods Market will be open for business on March 24th, and many folks — at least in West Knoxville — are ready! In fact, the question around here is What took you so long? When I pulled into the parking lot in front of the new store, a man […]
Read More…Downtown Knoxville packed ’em in on Biscuit Boulevard as the fifth annual International Biscuit Fest kicked off Saturday, May 17, 2014. Long lines of folks waited for fluffy, doughy creations filled with anything from pork belly to paw paws. About 25,000 (according to the headline article in the May 18th News-Sentinel) stood waiting for booths to open and […]
Read More…As work in Idaho schools comes to an end this year, we wanted to wrap up our series on the Inland Northwest with a few posts on some of our favorite places to see and eat in Boise, McCall, and Idaho City. And what would make a better start on this journey than a place […]
Read More…For 35 years, we’ve treated ourselves and our family with some of the best baked goods in West Knoxville — at Ham ‘n Goodys! As our go-to stop for tea cakes, fresh-baked cakes, and lemon cookies, we just naturally think of the little shop on Northshore that’s won awards for years. In 1978, Ham ‘n […]
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