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America is meat rich. Today we have so much beef that we send thousands of tons of steaks, ground beef, ribs, and roasts to Asia and Europe. The same goes for poultry and swine. We are so meat rich that on any given day I can easily put my hands on several pounds of duck,Continue reading “The Meat Question”

As we age our vocabulary grows deeper and more advanced. There are words I use today that were never in my lexicon in my youth. “Lexicon” would be a prime example. My vocabulary is nothing that I have consciously sought to improve. I am a former B- student who had very little use for schoolContinue reading “Mississippi’s Top Five Quintessential Foods”

I love “joints.” Whether I am traveling across America or walking through a small village in Europe, I am always looking for a joint where the locals gather. Definitions of a “true joint” vary. Some people look at something called a joint in a negative light. Those are the same people who think good foodContinue reading “Mississippi’s Top Joints (and that’s a good thing)”

I love toast. Seriously, if I look back on the course of my eating career, my longest lasting and most fervent relationship might be with toast. There are certainly more passionate relationships than the one I have had with toast— I was infatuated with kid’s sugary cereal in my youth and I had a veryContinue reading “My Longest Love Affair”

King Cake is good. I could end this column with that sentence. Those are the only four words I need to make my point. But my editors would complain that they aren’t getting their money’s worth, so more column inches will follow. To expand on my original hypothesis, not only is king cake good, kingContinue reading “King Cake Bread Pudding”

My father died when I was six-years old. A single mom raised me throughout my youth and it was fine. I had a fantastic childhood, and didn’t know any other reality than the one I was living. Actually, I couldn’t imagine having a better childhood than the one I experienced. Though something about that situationContinue reading “The Joys of Fatherhood”

The older I get the more I appreciate the simple things in life. As the tire around my gut grows over my belt and the hairs on my head turn loose instead of grey, I find myself gravitating towards uncomplicated things, and coiling away from life’s little dramas. These days, the more I can doContinue reading “The Beauty of Pizza”

A friend recently told me that he was moving to the Point Clear/Fairhope/Daphne, Ala. area. Upon hearing this I expressed my regret that he would no longer be living in town, immediately followed by the standard plea that I issue to everyone I know who moves to the Point Clear/Fairhope/Daphne area, “Call me when thereContinue reading “Jubilee!”

My childhood babysitter was a half-Choctaw half-African American woman named Ned. She worked at the church nursery and took me to the park every Friday. I loved Ned as much as I have loved anyone in my family. She was wise beyond her years and was the first example I ever had of exemplary workContinue reading “Heart”