I really, really expected the inner-child in my dear Omnivore to come out when I served this dish. You see, as most my close friends and relatives know, I love oats. When I go on vacation, I travel with oats. Stop laughing. I’m not kidding. I like my oatmeal for breakfast, okay? Ask my mother-in-law: [...]
You know, there are just some foods that I have no desire to eat. Chicken and Dumplings is one of those meals. I’m not sure why I don’t feel compelled to eat one of the most classic, Southern, comfort foods around. Especially given my Southern heritage. (You know how when people say, “I’m 1/4 French, [...]
I bet you think I’m being cute here, with this Yum Yum salad. But, really, do you know me? Even just a little? I’m not cute. I’m kind of, well, “homely,” if you’d ask the Omnivore. I’m that person you see in the grocery store with the sweatsuit three sizes too big tripping over my [...]
Sometimes I have to force myself to stick to the traditional. I had a picnic lunch with my family recently and was excited to fulfill my dad’s request for deviled eggs. I found recipes for deviled eggs with olives. Curried deviled eggs. Crabmeat stuffed deviled eggs. Eggs with pickles as the secret ingredient. It seems [...]
Is it a bad thing that some of my most vivid memories are food-related? For instance, I vividly remember sitting in a somewhat-filthy pizza (mom, dad, how could you take young, innocent Branny to such an establishment?) joint in Florida as a youngster, outfitted with a plaid floor and red-vinyl covered seats. Before me lay [...]
