A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
1. In a cereal bowl, dice a small tomato. Home-grown, garden-ripened with a higher acidic content works best. In this case I just used cherry salad tomatoes from the store, cut in half. 2. Add two packets of Quaker Instant Grits with Bacon Flavored Bits. (Yeah, blasphemous to most true Southerners.) 3. Add enough butter … Read More “Grits Guilty Pleasure” »
I love trying new places to eat. I especially like it when we discover a new recipe that we can replicate at home. Such was the case with the insalata caprese served at Risibisi in Petaluma, California. As presented at Risibisi, this is architectural cuisine at its best – stuff stacked on other stuff. Ingredients: … Read More “Mozzarella Tomato Salad – insalata caprese” »
I was looking for recipes for fruit smoothies, but I didn’t find anything that fit the ingredients. So I came up with my own. Ingredients 12 oz can of frozen concentrate orange juice 6 oz frozen berries (I used a strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, blueberry mix) 1 cup water (or less) 1 cup rum dash of … Read More “Fruit Smoothie on Steroids” »