Y’all, it’s been a WEEK.
When it rains, it pours, right? Thankfully a lot of the things that have made my head spin this week have been good things… like a meeting with super cool people about doing some freelance food writing, running into an old high school friend and meeting her littles at the park, getting tons of totally gorgeous wild mushrooms and other wild edibles to play with in the kitchen, making spur of the moment house building decisions, Dubs deciding that he’s a big boy and wants to go to be later but ALSO wants to crawl in bed with mama around 5:30 am every morning, learning that I’ve moved into the Demo stage of the EatWith host process, feeling crazy frustrated but also really heartened by a couple of conversations about privilege and race with people in my circle. You know, the usual.
Anyway, the week has been wild for me, but I want to know about you! What things have you been cooking? Who’ve you been visiting with? What did you read or watch that made you think, “hmmmmm…”
Here is a brief list of the things on my mind…about the south, food, community, and then just cool things in general. 😉
- THIS COOKBOOK Comes out in 2 WEEKS. HOW can I STAND IT? But seriously, John Currence’s Big Bad breakfast in Oxford, MS is one of my very very favorite brunch spots. Let’s all preorder it right now because the peppery cathead biscuits and home cured bacon and homemade jam are just really things we want to recreate in our own kitchens.
- This isn’t new, but I DIED reading about what millennials like and don’t like to eat. I’m on the very cusp of being a millennial, so I don’t feel bad about giggling (hard) and what Bon Appetite had to say.
- SO MUCH FOMO about missing BevCon in Charleston last week. Y’all. The learning. The networking. The Drinking. 😉 It looked so fabulous. Next year?
- Also, re: BevCon.. Cathead vodka posted this amazing combo to their Instagram and I can’t wait to host a brunch so I can do it myself. Genius.
- In honor that the National Park service turned 100 this week, here are some good reads about upping your camping-cooking game. I liked this one, and this one, and let’s be honest, this one is kinda silly and for VERY serious foodie people who probably are more glamping than camping, but still.
- I have recently gone chanterelle crazy… apparently Ikea did, too. 😉
- I love the Bitter Southerner. This week they shared a great essay about a little girl, her daddy, and a coal miner’s lunch pail. Check it out.
Happy weekend, y’all!
