I always offer to bring a dish when people invite me over, and when they take the offer up, I sometimes get a little flustered trying to come up with something new and different. This salad has been my staple this summer, when I grill out or when asked to bring something along. So next time it’s your turn to bring a salad or a side dish to a barbecue (or just doing it for … [Read more...] about Cuban Corn and Black Bean Salad
Vegetables
Vichyssoise (Cold Leek and Potato Soup)
In Memphis, in the summer (and the spring and the fall), it is hot. Devil-hot. Over 100 degrees most days with high, high humidity. When you open the door first thing in the morning, it’s like walking into a wall of cotton candy. Hot, thick air that surrounds you. Many, many days, busy days when you’re out and about, its just to hot to consider cranking up the oven or … [Read more...] about Vichyssoise (Cold Leek and Potato Soup)
