Every year if time permits, we like to go visit my Nana in Blowing Rock. You see, Nana is awesome. She was married to my Papa for almost 40 years before he passed away back in 2002. And she still fiercely loves him and talks about him as if he hung the moon. She treats…
Homemade Butter
Making homemade butter is surprisingly simple and easy, especially if you have a KitchenAid Mixer. Here we were, sitting in our PJ’s watching Alex Guarnaschelli on her show, ‘Alex’s Day Off’ and she just “whipped up some homemade butter” Of course she did. She’s an awesome chef. But after watching her make it, we said…
the Madness that is P90X
Many of you are aware by now that we have been doing the fitness craze known as P90X. Before we committed to this, we really needed to make sure we were going to stick with it no matter how many bad days we had or how many times we just wanted to come home and…
Cooking Tips: DeGlazing
DeGlazing? Like…licking the delicious-ness of a glazed donut right? Mmmmmmm donuts. No! That’s not what we’re talking about here. See what you’ve done? Now I can’t stop thinking about donuts. Bah. N-E-Way, back to what we came here for. Deglazing. That is a cooking term. And if you learn what it’s all about, you are…
Feeesssssh Tacccooooss
Around the Brown house, we have had (need to get back in the habit of) a monthly tradition of Fish Taco & Margarita Sunday. It’s also our ongoing mission to convert any non-fish taco believer into believers in the greater Knoxville area. So…beware. One day you may find yourself sitting at our house on a…
Homemade Cranberry Sauce
Who would’ve thought that cranberry sauce would become such a hot topic?! You know what? I LOVE it. It has been a mission of mine to spread the word about how easy and delicious a homemade cranberry sauce can be. So far, so good. Now it’s high time we give this post a facelift! Thanksgiving is…
“the circle is now complete”
“When I left you, I was but the learner. Now, I AM the master” WARNING: Nerd Rant to follow And with one final blow, George Lucas has killed any desire of mine to own the Original Star Wars Trilogy on BluRay. I was SO excited about this. I have all the other components. Man-cave complete…
A unique Top 5
Safe to say I haven’t been on here in a while (until yesterday). Safe to also say I haven’t done a top 5 in a long while. Ah! But there’s a twist to this one. It’s not about movies or music. How about food? Secret’s out: We are foodies. Everybody knows this. So, unless there’s…