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[Annual Manual 2006] Quick Meals
by Heather Dennison
Graphic illustration by Darren Schwindaman
August 23, 2006
When I left the comforts of my mom’s kitchen for a dorm room equipped with a sink, micro-fridge and microwave, I knew it was time to look out for myself. I also discovered I had to defend myself from the evil eating habits of my roommate.
[Food] Cornbread Connection
by Sarah Christine Bolton
Graphic illustration by Jakob Clark
August 16, 2006
When I first came to Mississippi, I faced college cafeteria lines of steaming fried chicken, fried green tomatoes, fried okra and grits, and I felt very lost. Then, at the very…
[Food] The Crunchy Whiskered Fish
by Heather Denison
Graphic illustration by Jakob Clark
August 9, 2006
When my brother and I were young, there was a period of about two years where he would eat nothing but Campbell’s Tomato soup and crackers. There might have been an occasional hamburger or pizza, but on any given weeknight, it was the soup. This eating habit, of course, was a blessing for my dad when it was his night to feed the kids. I’ll hand it to my parents, they tried to get my brother to eat something other than soup, but he was stubborn. There were times that he would go to his room and skip dinner altogether. Luckily for my parents, I would eat everything, except collard greens. I still won’t eat them. I actually got my one and only spanking from refusing to eat collard greens.
[FoodDish] Home Cookin’—Tuscan Style
by Lynette Hanson
Photo by Lynette Hanson
August 2, 2006
Here’s what you need to do, just as soon as you’ve read this interview with former Jacksonian Elaine Trigiani—call up The Everyday Gourmet at 601-977-9258 and Bravo! at 601-982-8111 to find out how to get yourself on their e-mail lists. That way, you’ll be among the first in town to get the news of her next hands-on cooking class or olive oil seminar or Tuscan food feast.
[Food] Blueberry Heiress
by Heather Denison
Graphic illustration by Jakob Clark
July 19, 2006
Every summer, my mother and I head out to Oktibbeha County to pick blueberries. I even managed to snag one of the heirs to the blueberry farm as my first-grade boyfriend. After a year of phone calls and movie dates with our moms, it was apparent that I wasn’t meant to be the next Blueberry Heiress of Oktibbeha County.
[Food] Our Lady Peas
by Jesse Yancy
Graphic Illustration by Jakob Clark
July 12, 2006
As librarians in Tupelo, a colleague and I were in charge of taking books to those who couldn’t come to us. Every Wednesday, we’d load up our trusty little station wagon and drive around the city dropping off new checkouts and picking up returns.
[Food] Now That’s A Fancy Sandwich
by Heather Denison
Graphic Illustration by Jakob Clark
July 5, 2006
My mother-in-law and I have extremely different cooking styles … she cooks what she knows and follows recipes by the letter. I like to improvise and embellish on the old classics. I spend money on fancy knives for chopping, and she prefers to chop with the same old knife she’s used since 1977. But there’s one thing we do have in common when it comes to cooking—we both like to feed her son. Of course, I sound like his mom when I say he’s a good eater, but the truth is he likes everything—well, almost. Once, I asked him if there was a food he didn’t like, he considered the question for several minutes and finally declared he didn’t particularly care for deviled eggs, but if at a picnic in a pinch, he’d suffer through them.
1 [Food] Relax, It’s Summer
by Jesse Yancy
Graphic Illustration by Jakob Clark
June 28, 2006
Entertaining shouldn’t be stressful. There’s no reason whatsoever for anyone who hosts a party not to have as good a time as their guests, which means providing simple, plentiful foods that (along with set-ups) are easily available and accessible.
Zealous Zucchini
by Crawford Grabowski
Graphic Illustration by Jacob Clark
June 21, 2006
Thanks to the squirrels’ repeated conquests of my birdfeeder, my backyard is currently filled with humongous bright yellow sunflowers. When the plants first started appearing, we had no idea what they were, but because my husband and I are “natural” (or lazy) gardeners, we just let them grow. And as our first mystery plants were such a success, we have let other things grow, too. Now we seem to be growing corn.
[Food] Foodie Fathers
by Natalie A. Collier
June 14, 2006
It all started on our Web site. Blogger JimNWR* started a forum thread, “Cool places to eat,” which quickly attracted Men Who Like to Eat talking about their favorite Jackson haunts. Then, at our prompting, they started to exchange ideas about cool places to eat for Father’s Day. Certainly sounded like a good idea: If you want to know where to take Dad, ask Dad. From casual dining to ritzy places, they gave the lowdown on dining.
[Food] Flaming Bananas
by Jesse Yancy
Graphic Illustration by Darren Schwindaman
June 7, 2006
During his famously quoted expedition in search of Dr. Livingston, Stanley also said, “If we run out of food, well, we’ll eat bananas.”
His flippant dismissal of this vital global foodstuff (doubtless in lieu of such English staples as boiled beef) summed up the Brit empiricist mind of his day. Stanley’s 15 minutes of Victorian condescension notwithstanding, bananas had been a staple in the southeastern quarter of the globe since before the days of Homo erectus. While European versions of the Expulsion have Eve offering an apple as the instrument of temptation, many African, Asian and Oceanic interpretations depict Adam succumbing to a nice banana.
[Food] Marshmallow Mayhem
by Crawford Grabowski
Graphic Illustration by Jakob Clark
May 24, 2006
I grew up cooking, and I am happy to say that over the course of my 30 some odd years of life, I have had few food-related injuries. I have rarely cut myself in the kitchen, even when shucking oysters as a kid. I’ve never had food poisoning. I’ve even picked and eaten wild mushrooms without getting sick.
Sour Cream Dream
by Margaret Cahoon
Photo by Darren Schwindaman
May 17, 2006
When I was in high school, I was always desperate for various foods I thought I could only get from my friends and/or their mothers. Stephanie Sheffer made the best chocolate-chip cookies I’d ever had for our AP Physics/Calculus study sessions (we had a great social life). Caitlin Reid’s mom produced macaroni and cheese from scratch that consistently made their annual family reunion my favorite culinary event. And Kara Johnston—the girl all the boys loved in 10th grade for her athleticism, self-possession and genius in the kitchen—made sour cream softies, cake-like cookies that looked like biscuits and tasted like a dream.
[Food] What’s in a Cajun?
by Robert Wade
Graphic Illustration by Darren Schwindaman
May 3, 2006
Having spent a large portion of my life in South Louisiana, I have eaten some of the best food on Earth, particularly red beans and rice. I have already had the best red beans and rice ever, but that hasn’t stopped me from searching for the second-best. I’ve been on this search for decades with very little success, until now.
Making The Nasty Good
by Crawford Grabowski
Graphic Illustration by Drew Ford
April 26, 2006
“When are we going to make that pasta again, Ms. G.?”
“Yeah! Are we? When? Pleeeaase!”
I’ve been trying to ignore the pitiful looks and all-out begging from my 7th-grade Open Doors students (most of whom I taught last year as 6th-graders) all school year. I thought that eventually they would forget about it, but the pleas started up again last week.
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