Happy New Year!
While I didn’t make any resolutions this year (new or otherwise) , I did make a big change. I took a break from hosting a much anticipated, annual event at my home.
Great beginnings
For the past ten years my sister Roxanne, brothers Montie and Ricky (who passed away in 2013) and my cousin Fred, gathered in my little kitchen to celebrate King Day,a national holiday to mark the accomplishments of civil rights leader and activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Continue reading
It’s not the gift, but the thought that counts.
That quote by American author and clergyman Henry Jackson van Dyke was something I grew up hearing, particularly around Christmas time.
It’s not surprising a clergyman would coin such a phase. Perhaps it sprang from the need to help assuage the anxiety, guilty and disappointment people customarily feel with when they can’t afford to buy lavish gifts for their families and friends. This pithy phase not only provided a pass, but gave permission to focus on what’s important when giving a gift: the earnest gesture of thoughtfulness. Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving!
Click on the arrow below and listen to a quick Thanksgiving audio cast of food news you can use. Also, the Butterball Turkey Talk line number is 800 Butterball (800) 288-8372. Listen to the audio cast for hours of operation.
And click here for for my Lemon Rosy Chicken recipe which is mentioned as Thanksgiving alternative in the audio cast. Now, cook fearless, eat well!
Tené Harris, Sweet Beginnings
Everyone has a food story.
While we don’t get many opportunities to share or tell our foods stories, we share it with every meal we make and serve.
Tené Harris, culinary artist and owner of Sweet Beginnings Desserts, is telling her story in an amazing exhibit at the William Grant Still Art Center in Los Angeles. This exhibit – open thru November 21, 2015 – tells her culinary story with photographs, letters, recipes and video of her great great grandparents, great great aunt, and much more. Continue reading
collard greens and caviar 