Our neighbors Lou and Pat are having their kitchen ripped out today to make way for fabulous granite countertops and a slate backsplash that I know I will covet, even though I know I’m not supposed to covet my neighbor’s stuff. Pat is always cooking and always sharing her food. (No wonder Truman begs to go next door almost every single day.)
So we decided to return the favor and invite them over to dinner tonight. I’m going to make Donald Link’s Old School Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya because it is just that good and because I think I can make …read more

If you follow me on Twitter, then you know from my TwitPic that Sunday I was making Old School Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya from the new cookbook Real Cajun by Donald Link. It was fabulous, by the way. Worth every second of standing by the skillet while I deglazed and deglazed and deglazed.
I think cool, rainy, lazy Sundays call for slow-cooked and fussy meals. Warm, sunny days, of course, demand something grilled. And once Pepper Place farmers market opens here, we’ll have locally grown fresh vegetables all weekend long. (Last year I did a Summer Soup Series with a new …read more