Cuisines Clear Meal Types Clear | Confession: so, until a few weeks ago I'd never eaten a blood orange. I'd seen them in magazines, and decided 2017 was a bittersweet year for me. I lost my mama, but gained a new little boy. I'm looking forward to New Ye So, it turns out today is National Watermelon Day! I had no idea when my little person and I picked our VER Fig week 2k17 continues folks! So I never really understood the "Toast" phenomenon. I mean, WHOLE restaurants So, let's dive into fig week 2017, shall we? In my opinion, during the summer (and in some parts of the world, I went to a bakery the other day and ordered a scone. It was SUPER dry and crumbly and kind of reminiscent of Everybody down south knows about Sister Shubert... her orange rolls, cinnamon rolls, and yeast rolls are in EV My little person has started negotiating. Anytime he wants something, but thinks we'll say no, he'll say, "Mam Back when Jill & Ruffin got married, they sent us home with possibly the best party favors on the planet.. We'd hit another picky period with my little person... if it's not catfish, shrimp, (whaaat?) pasta or po “Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead.” -Fannie Flagg, from Fri This week at the store I had a little freak out. I looked around and noticed that watermelons, peaches, and co We're the kind of people who order one big dessert and get 4 spoons. The folks who say "taste this! It's AMAZI Once upon a time Shirley, my mother in law, baked amazing cakes and other delicious treats as a side hustle fr Failure is part of life. I've learned that failing is one of the best ways to learn something new, and the bes Fig week is technically over, but I couldn't give up on them just yet. I still had a half pint that I wanted t Fig Week is wrapping up here at Mess of Greens (though I have ONE more recipe to share next week! I jus I told my Instagram friends that this week is Fig Week here at MoG... and today I bring you almost a too- So, I'd been in kind of a cooking rut lately... I've been spending so much time thinking about our home that w When I was a little girl, we lived in a little house in Laurel with the BIGGEST mulberry tree in the backyard. Y'all know I'm CRAZY about Dolly Parton, right? I mean, she saves wounded bald eagles, gives libraries of book So my mama and I have this totally crazy, really special, absolutely maddening-mother-daughter-best friend rel There's one thing every good southerner knows... know matter how you take your bourbon, it's going to be so go |