Creamy Shrimp and Grits

  There’s an ongoing joke that I’m a non-southern Southerner. My family is from the South and cooking wise, I tend to identify with those roots. While I’ve lived all over the U.S., I’ve only ever visited the South. So I guess I’m Southern-by-association. What’s the point of this? I love Southern cooking and Southern dishes. I…

Brown Barn Cafe: Good Local Food

Homemade lemonade, chocolate pudding, and jarlsberg grilled cheeses, are just some of our favorites of this literally overpassed restaurant. When you walk into the barny exterior, you’ll first enter a foyer, then the adjacent chocolate shop (also highly recommended) to finally find the bright red walls of Brown Barn Cafe. Home to a weekly changing lunch menu, an easy favorite is the…

Pasta Carbonara Recipe

Pasta Carbonara is a quick and easy dish that should be a part of everyone’s ‘go to dish’ list. I remember seeing this dish made years ago on the Food Network and thought ‘eggs, pasta, bacon and basil…heaven in a bowl!’.  The dish is easy and simple, but comes across as elegant and is quite…

Bacon and Zucchini Quiche Recipe

Summer = Zucchini. There are hundreds of ways to use it, but this offers a comforting bacon filled breakfast that’s got some healthy hidden it! Ingredients – 1 Zucchini (5-7 inches, not one of those mammoth ones in you or your friends garden!) 1 Green Onion 1-2 strips Bacon (thick cut, slab is preferred) 1.5…