Barbecues | Beth Byrnes

Savory autumn pie

Posted on November 3, 2013 16 Comments

I like to collect recipes that I can keep in my head, so if I am traveling or visiting, I can put a meal together without resorting even to the index-card ring sets that students carry in culinary school. One of the easiest and most versatile dishes I make (when I cook!) is one I […]

In the kitchen with 2 Chainz

Posted on September 16, 2013 7 Comments

I have not purchased a cookbook in years. I think the last one I got was a Jamie Oliver book in a White Elephant game at Christmas one year. Back when I was first out of school, I bought up every cookbook I could find and tried everything. I really love ethnic food, exotic stuff […]

Slimed

Posted on September 14, 2013 8 Comments

Now, even though you all know I am a vegan (right?) … This is not to discuss the merits or drawbacks of an omnivorous or herbivorous diet. But what do we (in the royal sense) think of this? http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/09/pink-slime-goes-back-to-school.html Here is my take. First of all, the name says something to me. Do we really […]

Paula Deen and Jimmy Dean

Posted on August 12, 2013 5 Comments

I probably shouldn’t even mention it, because in the overall scheme of things, Ms. Deen’s conduct and overall tone-deafness is the bigger issue. But I want to just register my distress at her fat-laden cooking. What reminded me of it was the stat that Georgia conservatives like her about twice as much as MLK (now […]

The burgermeister

Posted on August 6, 2013 2 Comments

This weekend, I saw a news segment on the discovery of a method for creating ground meat in vitro. It struck me as a promising solution to one of our biggest environmental and humanitarian problems: raising and slaughtering livestock for consumption. As the article below states Scientists are hoping the development will meet the growing […]