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Chilled Tomato Garlic Soup

August 24, 2025 by The Runaway Spoon Leave a Comment

The best of the summer produce is beginning to fade, but there are still tomatoes hanging around. And of course, fall may be visible over the horizon, but it is still hot. So a nice chilled soup is a perfect way to survive these blazing days. Gazpacho is the most known cold tomato soup, or my personal favorite salmorejo, but those are both made with peak of season raw … [Read more...] about Chilled Tomato Garlic Soup

Street Corn Salad with Fresh Corn Mayonnaise

August 17, 2025 by The Runaway Spoon Leave a Comment

I posted a street corn salad recipe in 2011, and frankly it was a pretty new idea at the time (though I am sure not in Mexico). Since then, the idea of street corn, or elotes – corn slathered in mayonnaise with lime juice, chili seasoning and rolled in crumbled cotija cheese – has really taken off. It’s everywhere. All over the internet, in dips you buy at the grocery store, a … [Read more...] about Street Corn Salad with Fresh Corn Mayonnaise

Blackberry Swirl Brownies

August 10, 2025 by The Runaway Spoon Leave a Comment

Blackberries and chocolate are not a combination that pops into mind readily. I think we tend to think summer and fruit and light and bright.  But they make a wonderful pair, rich deep chocolate with the dusky purple winey-ness of the berries. Last summer, I pulled together this Chocolate Blackberry Cake with Red Wine, all majestic, lush flavors and the idea has kind of stuck … [Read more...] about Blackberry Swirl Brownies

Zucchini Cheddar Butter Swim Biscuits

August 3, 2025 by The Runaway Spoon Leave a Comment

Bing of a certain age as social media overtook the world, I am frequently amused by recipes (or fashion, or beauty) that become viral like some 20 year old just discovered it, or unearthed it from total obscurity. And I currently feel that way about the viral butter swim biscuits. There are recipes for butter swim biscuits in some of my community cookbooks that are decades old. … [Read more...] about Zucchini Cheddar Butter Swim Biscuits

Fresh Peach Bars

July 20, 2025 by The Runaway Spoon Leave a Comment

Fresh summer peaches are the best sweet I know. And I am always testing out new ways to make the most of them. And I think this is a pretty novel one. A bouncy layer of peach-rich curd baked on a sugar cookie crust. Not quite like a lemon bar, but in the general vicinity. But the real bonus right in the middle of a hot and busy summer is how easy these are to make. Spin up the … [Read more...] about Fresh Peach Bars

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I'm P.C. I think I am like most people. Somewhere in the middle between food snob and food schlub. Just being in the kitchen makes me happy. I live, mostly in my kitchen, in my hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.

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