Appetizers
Creamy Shallot and Manchego Soufflés
Soufflés Out of the Oven and Ready to Serve! Let's just admit it. We all like to have our own teeny tiny personal servings of food. I'm not sure where this comes from - whether its that we don't like to share:) OR we like to play with our food. What ever the reason,...
HOW TO Make Delicious Herb Pesto!
Maybe the herbs in your garden are giving their last. looking a little spent, or just a tiny bit tired. Have you opened the veggie drawer in your fridge and found some sad looking parsley or cilantro looking back at you? Don't just toss 'em...make pesto. Pesto...
Pumpkin Hummus with Handmade Pita Chips Tonight!
Sous Chef Lea and I are in Fayette tonight getting ready for a demo this evening - after a busy weekend and a super duper busy week in head of us! I'm standing at the kitchen counter quickly passing on this recipe to you. Its one we've already made a couple times this...
Roasted Red Pepper Soup – Perfect for Crisp Fall Days!
About 2 AM last night I woke up while I was writing a soup recipe. Darn it. I can't remember it. Most people think about the opportunity to wear warm fuzzy sweaters and knee high boots when the weather starts to turn crisp. Not me. I'm dreaming up recipes for new...
Meatless Luscious Fun – Summer Corn Salad – 081213
Wowza - we had a great time celebrating "couples and love" last Friday night - and its not even Valentines Day. Sparkling wine, fun appetizers awaited the couples as they arrived. Dennis and Cindy held a massage worship for the group and as we cooked away in the...
Meatless Luscious Fun: Piquillo Pepper Dip!
It’s been two weeks of fun and friends during the July 4th break. WooHoo – almost everyone seems to have taken some time off. I love parties when I get to take a dish – its my chance to show others how good food can taste, and surprise them with how good it is for...
Afternoon in the Country with NO Wines
If you read the Friday Four, or the Facebook page you are familiar with NO Wines. Not only are they delicious, the NO stands for NO oak, NO cork and NO malactic fermentation. All those "NO"s add up to a crisp clean Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc that are incredibly...
Sangria for Real Sangria Lovers!
What to drink at a hot summer party? Well, a big pitcher of cold, refreshing sangria of course! Thanks Elizabeth for reminding me that it's sangria time. Here's my easy, foolproof sangria recipe that will "stand up" not only to the heat, but any kind of appetizer as...
Sangria for Real Sangria Lovers!
What to drink at a hot summer party? Well, a big pitcher of cold, refreshing sangria of course! Thanks Elizabeth for reminding me that it's sangria time. Here's my easy, foolproof sangria recipe that will "stand up" not only to the heat, but any kind of appetizer as...
3 Things I Learned This Week w/ Chef Nancy & Chef Lea
My name is Mary Rob Murfee and I am excited to be Chef Nancy’s new intern! I graduated from The University of Alabama last May, and have been completing a dietetic internship here in Atlanta in order to become a Registered Dietitian. My rotation with Taste...
3 Things I Learned This Week w/ Chef Nancy & Chef Lea
My name is Mary Rob Murfee and I am excited to be Chef Nancy’s new intern! I graduated from The University of Alabama last May, and have been completing a dietetic internship here in Atlanta in order to become a Registered Dietitian. My rotation with Taste...
Falling for Butternut Squash: A Guest Post by Healthy Sous Chef Partyoligist, Lea Bowen
A couple of week's ago, Chef Nancy and I were joking about how every cook on the planet seems to embrace the ever popular butternut squash as soon as the fall season begins. Recently, we made a wonderful roasted butternut squash salad with an apple cider vinaigrette...
Falling for Butternut Squash: A Guest Post by Healthy Sous Chef Partyoligist, Lea Bowen
A couple of week's ago, Chef Nancy and I were joking about how every cook on the planet seems to embrace the ever popular butternut squash as soon as the fall season begins. Recently, we made a wonderful roasted butternut squash salad with an apple cider vinaigrette...
160 Years of Tradition Inspires a New Recipe: A Guest Post by Healthy Sous-Chef Partyologist, Lea Bowen
Last weekend I went to Franklin, N.C. for the Siler Family Meeting. For 160 consecutive years, the Siler Family has been gathering on the first Saturday of August to enjoy family, fellowship and most importantly food. I began attending this meeting with my grandmother...
160 Years of Tradition Inspires a New Recipe: A Guest Post by Healthy Sous-Chef Partyologist, Lea Bowen
Last weekend I went to Franklin, N.C. for the Siler Family Meeting. For 160 consecutive years, the Siler Family has been gathering on the first Saturday of August to enjoy family, fellowship and most importantly food. I began attending this meeting with my grandmother...
Recipe for Success: A Guest Post by Healthy Sous Chef Partyologist, Lea Bowen
Last night, Chef Nancy and I had the pleasure of hosting a group of executives from The Coca-Cola Company for a hands on cooking class at the Cancer Wellness Center. This internationally diverse group of people were in town for meetings and of course a little fun....
Recipe for Success: A Guest Post by Healthy Sous Chef Partyologist, Lea Bowen
Last night, Chef Nancy and I had the pleasure of hosting a group of executives from The Coca-Cola Company for a hands on cooking class at the Cancer Wellness Center. This internationally diverse group of people were in town for meetings and of course a little fun....
Out of Indulgence Comes Inspirationa Guest Post by Healthy Sous Chef Partyologist, Lea Bowen
I recently traveled with family to Chatanooga, TN for a weekend spring break getaway. As a good mother should, I dutifully followed my husband and kids to the Tennessee Aquarium, RockCity! and The Chickamauga Battlefield. Seeing with the new eyes of my children, I...
Dana G Smith Fund Appreciation Event
Don't you just love folks who care and support the causes they believe in? I had the pleasure of spending an evening with the donors of the Dana G. Smith Fund last week. Buoyed along by the sincere wishes and loving gestures from the attendees, I enjoyed sharing my...
Flavors of Forysth!
Congratulations to the event planners for the First Annual Flavors of Forsyth! Over 10,000 "Forsyth-ens" enjoyed over 30 restaurants, fun entertainment and crafts at the fun festival last Thursday. The event, held at the attractive open-air Avenues of Forysth,...