Author Archives: Carol

A Cornbread Confession

Bread is the most basic and satisfying of foods, rightfully called “the staff of life.” While loaves, buns, rolls, baguettes and all the rest are wonderful, still I’m a Southern girl. And that means Southern-styled quick breads like biscuits and … Continue reading

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Fruitcakes and Evening Gowns: An Awards Season Musing

I used to have this theory that all those evening gowns actresses wore on the red carpet were like fruitcakes, in that there was a finite number of them being traded in perpetuity amongst those well-dressed women in between award … Continue reading

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Banned From Crate & Barrel

…or maybe I should be. Most of us think things we have the good manners not to say out loud. I tend to vocalize those thoughts more often than I should. Sometimes hilarity ensues. Sometimes it doesn’t. It all started … Continue reading

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A Mean Mess of Greens

Collard greens are one of those foods I learned to appreciate only after I got grown. I’m not sure why I didn’t like them as a child, although I suspect it had something to do with their odor, which I … Continue reading

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The Delights of Orphaned Glassware

I love scoping out mismatched glasses in thrift stores. It’s fun rummaging through and looking for odd pieces that have their own, unknown histories of lives I never knew. I always wonder how they got there, whether they were impulse … Continue reading

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