Category : Main Courses

Country Fried Pork Chops With Bacon Gravy reminds me of late Sunday afternoons when the sky starts turning orange and everyone’s finally home. The kind...

I was standing in the kitchen one cold evening, looking at the last of the baby potatoes, a few sad carrots, and green beans that...

Green tomatoes aren’t usually the star of the show. Most people pass them over, waiting for them to ripen. But one afternoon, I spotted a...

A few winters back, during a family cabin trip in the Smoky Mountains, breakfast became a competition. Every morning, someone new would try to outdo...

I was cleaning out my pantry one night when I came across a forgotten box of bowtie pasta tucked behind a jar of sun-dried tomatoes....

It was the kind of lazy afternoon where dinner plans don’t exist until your stomach makes the call. I opened the fridge, hoping for inspiration...

Down near Lafayette, we stopped at a roadside spot that looked like it had fed generations. You could smell the soul food before you even...

A few summers ago, I stumbled across a tiny bistro in Lisbon that served the most unexpected appetizer—fried olives. They arrived at the table in...

It all came together during a weekend I hadn’t planned to cook anything at all. I’d invited a few friends over to help clear out...

The scent of sautéed onions and celery in butter hits differently when it’s coming from a big family kitchen during the holidays. I remember helping...