Earlier this month I attended Hugh Acheson’s World Food Day (http://www.worldfooddayusa.org/) Demo hosted by One (http://one.org/us/). Don’t know Hugh? Well, he’s been a contestant and a judge on a little show called “Top Chef” he also tied for the 2012 James Beard “Best Chef Southeast” award – which is like the Oscars for the food […]

I found a great cookbook, Atlanta Cooks for Company, at the estate sale I went to a while back. I actually found an exact copy later that same day at Goodwill while searching for cookbook treasures. So then it went to the top of my stack. This cookbook rules. It was recommended full menus for […]

Since my last post on green bean ends (do you cut and toss or eat?), I have heard back from Chef Anthony Gray at Southern Art (twitter stalk along with me: @southernart and @anthonyfgray) who said: “it’s all about the bean you choose. We use young tender beans.” Ah ha! So that’s why the ends […]

So, what’s the ruling? Am I supposed to cut the pointy ends off of fresh green beans or not? I thought yes, but then felt wasteful during the last few times I’ve chucked almost half of my green bean pieces in the trash. Here’s an image of my cutting board good vs. trash (by the […]