Category: Spring

• Two Twinkies, jammy tomatoes

  One feels odd, to say the least, taking diet words of wisdom from comic Louis C.K., but in the April 25 issue of Rolling Stone, he does talk sensibly about anxiety and eating. When asked if it helped to realize that his compulsive eating was just self medicating anxiety, he answers: “Oh, definitely. Once you…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  April 25, 2013

  Compulsive eating, Emo eating, Meat, Simple foods, Spring, Tomatoes

  Brushy Creek Farms, cheese, Grits, Louis C.K., Pork, Real Simple magazine, Rolling Stone magazine, Tomatoes

• Kitchen Roselli, 131 Main and Greek couscous salad

  Something in the Thai Steak Salad dressing at 131 Main in Cornelius (NC) tugged at the corners of my palate. Something familiar but unusual in an entrée salad. A blast of  summery green not usually keeping company with butter-tender bits of filet mignon. They added fresh mint to amp up the beef, mango, noodles and green…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  April 9, 2013

  Couscous, good food, healthy cooking, Olive oil, Salad, Simple foods, Spring, Tomatoes

  131 Main, basil, Cornelius, Greek salad, healthy eating, Kitchen Roselli, nutrition, onions, Rosemary, Tomatoes, Vegetables, Villa Pozzi

• Spring is not for sissies, strawberry crisp

  Somehow we associate baby pastels with springtime, yet when I look outside, I see primary colors: The sky, of course, is Carolina (ick, go NC State!) blue and the baby maple leaves, red before they’re green. The intense yellow of the wild mustard and forage turnips, blanketing Iredell pastures as well as the meadowlark breasts turned to…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  March 21, 2012

  Desserts, Fruit, Rural life, Seasonal food, Simple foods, Spring

  Berries, Colors of spring, Crisp, Strawberries