After the last post on “Tips for Making Yeast Dough” I thought it might be helpful to share a recipe for homemade focaccia bread. What has become one of the most popular styles of breads in restaurants, is also easily made at home! Essentially a pizza-style dough, it is easily made at home in a fraction of the time of … Read More
Tips for Making Yeast Dough
While one cannot live on bread alone, it certainly makes life more enjoyable. Who doesn’t love biting through a crunchy crust and sinking your teeth into a nice tender interior crumb? How about that tug and resistance you get when you bite into a pizza or tear off a piece of baguette? Lately, a friend of mine has been playing with … Read More
Food & Love
In 1996, two twenty-somethings shortly out of college decided out of the blue to publish a book. Martha Hopkins and Randall Lockridge were college friends from Baylor University. Post-college Martha moved back to her hometown of Memphis assuming that her degree and a high GPA were what she needed for happiness in the post-collegiate world. Much to her dismay and … Read More
Sometimes it’s Good to Have a Quickie! (Hors d’ ouevre, that is)
The Superbowl is upon us and I’m sure most people who are having parties have already placed their orders for wing trays and veggie platters and have stocked up on chips, salsa, and onion dip. Perhaps you want something just a little different? Maybe you’ve had more people show up than you expected or they came with a bigger appetite … Read More
Osso Buco
One of the more popular hands-on classes that I’ve taught both here in Savannah as well as other places around the country, has involved the cuisine of northern Italy. Just like the United States, regional cuisines of other countries vary with the climate and geography. In the U.S. the concept of “Italian Food” is born from the eating styles of … Read More
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