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The Rattle Snake Saloon
Early spring is always an interesting time to start a road trip. In theory, it’s a great time to go — you have that warm weekend teasing you to come play outside, college students storming for the...
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Real Food for Alabama
This last week, I had the opportunity to sit down with a good friend (and fellow foodie), Olivia Bensinger. I wanted to talk to Olivia not just because she’s fun to be around, but because she’s...
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(su-yook): Photo Tutorial
I’ve been on a whirlwind-spring-break-road-trip-adventure of a week… meaning I’ve been cooking unusually little lately (especially once our Smokey Mountain campfire got rained out, leaving us to eat...
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Saving Quinoa
Quinoa, an ancient grain with an up-and-coming cult following, is one of those foods you either love immediately, or are simply confused by. Pronounced “Keen-wah,” this protein-packed, gluten-free,...
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Electrifying Food
A club project has recently taken over my house, bringing with it college students that have essentially become house guests. While having them around has been a blast, we’re all ready for this...
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Immerse Yourself
In the world of kitchen gadgets, not every tool and trinket makes the cut from “want” to “need.” Unless your my extravagant housemate, who of course owns all the oddly specific kitchen accessories you...
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Kitchen Scraps
If you’re like me, i.e. like any young person, or like anyone wanting to do more in the kitchen, or like any person cooking mostly for one person, or like a person that’s been puzzled by a recipe…. ok...
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Hunger Speaks
A school bell rings. Children rush through hallways and doors, laughing, tripping, talking loudly, imitating their friends. Everything is as you would remember from your own elementary school days,...
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Straw berry Season
The line at one booth the farmer’s market this week could only mean one thing: strawberry season. If you’re not feeling the excitement I am just thinking about farm fresh strawberries, you’ve probably...
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Study Snacks
I don’t have finals to deal with. But if I did have finals to deal with, I’d be stressed, and busy, and probably hungry. Normally, we order pizza and down vending machine sodas to get through those...
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Beet It
I’m not sure when exactly I fell in love with Beets. I think it was shortly after we first met — a mutual friend introduced us one summer afternoon. I’d known them by reputation before. My impression...
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Good Buy Pancakes
Apologies on the late post — you’ll understand since this is coming from a girl who’s moving, packing, and planning a family gathering all in the same week. I was pacing back and forth across the house...
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Staple: Salsa
I’m visiting my parents’ house, over in Texas. So what is there to eat but TEX-MEX?!?!?! Nothing, so far as I’m concerned. Ever since I was a toddler, I’ve been dipping chips in salsa. I think it’s...
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Sick of Salads?
How do you ever feel full, if all you eat is salad??? I hate this question. If you’re vegetarian (or, worse, vegan) you’ve probably been asked this before. There’s several possible answers: “I don’t...
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Grits + Salsa
I’ve always loved grits. Well, I take that back. The first time I tried them, I thought grits we gross. But after that and forever more I did and will continue to love grits. I find that it’s a...
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Sweet Refresh ment
Ginger isn’t on everybody’s list of must-have ingredients, but it is definitely on mine. When I lived in Birmingham, I’d throw a smidgen into almost everything I ate–not enough to overpower the meal...
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Appeeling Ice Cream
When someone first told me you could turn bananas into ice cream I laughed. Why would I even do that? Turns out you do it because it’s delicious, has the same texture as regular ice cream, but is...
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Hands-On, On-Hand Meal
One of my favorite things to do is to just stare into my kitchen cabinet and come up with a plan to make a meal out of the odds and ends sitting there, waiting to be used. (Read: I don’t like to go to...
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Okra
Summer is somehow in full swing already, and that means a whole lot of things in my kitchen: fresh okra, abundant tomatoes, squash I can’t get enough of, and meals that I can’t wait to make, among...
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Spicing 101
I’ve moved to Montgomery for an internship. I have mixed feelings about this: on the one hand, I do enjoy being employed in a productive manner by a job I like; on the other hand I really hate moving....
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