Tv Food and Photo – August 20
Sautee-Nacoochee Arts and Community Center in Sautee, Georgia.
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Athens Food and Drink, Day Three
Over 1600 Waffle Houses grace this great nation of ours, mostly in the South.
Their signs, plain and tall, beckon you from the interstate. The melody to “Prop Me Next to the Jukebox if I Die” by Joe Diffie pings off the countertops. The Waffle House’s vibrant, laminated menus are reminders that theirs is an establishment where quick cleanups and a rarely changing food roster are keys to success. Patrons are conditioned to know what they want and how they want it before they push through the glass door. When a stuffed truck driver vacates a booth, the employee wipe-down process is so instantaneous that the seats are still warm when a family of Sunday churchgoers claims them next.
Eat, drink, pay, get out. That’s what the Waffle House strives for. And the customers seem happy to comply. All except me, of course. I was the only one in the place who, instead of scarfing down my meal the moment it arrived, began photographing it. Our plump Waffle House waitress, Roxie, observed my actions with a mildly bemused grin before asking, “Ya’ll aren’t from these parts, are ya’?”
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A Blog Award for Tv Food and Drink!
Some who know me claim I enjoy being the center of attention. Who am I to argue? My friend Penny at Mimi’s Kitchen certainly has my number. Not only did she feature my site in an interview at Half Hour Meals recently, but she was kind enough to present to me my first ever blog award! I didn’t even know that blog awards existed. Now that I do, I kinda want them all.
But enough about me and a little more about my presenter. Penny is a cooking star in my book, and she proves it again and again with her masterful food and the helpful advice she dispenses regularly in her column over at HHM. She’s a busy gal. More importantly, she has been very encouraging to me and my attempts to work up my meager kitchen muscles. She found my site very early on, and has been a regular ever since.
And now I get a chance to pay it forward by awarding twelve blogs I especially dig. I invite you to work up a healthy appetite by visiting the following:
Now it’s your turn, winners. Share your favorite online rest stops with the rest of us. Here’s all you need to do:
1. Put the award logo on your blog or within your post
2. Pass the award to 12-well-deserving bloggers
3. Link the nominees within your post
4. Let them know they received this award by commenting on their blog
5. Share the love and link to the person from whom you received the award
Thanks again, Penny. I hope to meet you in person someday.
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Bobcat Burgers and Medallion Potato Fries
No, there is NO bobcat meat in this recipe.
The “bobcat” element of this burger is the “bobcat slaw,” an odd combination (to me, anyway) of cabbage, white vinegar, sugar, pepper, salt, celery seed and mustard. It gives this burger an awesome, crunchy vibrant kick that’s made even more zesty with the addition of some tangy feta.
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Baby, you go ahead and BE A SINGLE LADY!
As the youngest kid in my family, one who always just wanted to be included in what the older kids got to do (the closest sibling is five years ahead of me), I WOULD HAVE WANTED TO BE A SINGLE LADY, TOO!
And if I had been told I couldn’t be a single lady, and even worse, being prevented from performing to my favorite Beyonce tune… hell, if I was in that car, it would have ended up crashed in a ravine somwehere.
The dad in the video below is lucky that all he got was a mini-tantrum and one of the best “nice job, asshole” looks from the kid in the middle. A mere slap on the wrist as far as I’m concerned.
Priceless.
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Tv Food And Drink Interview at HalfHourMeals.com
TvFoodAndDrink was recently a featured site at HalfHourMeals.com, a well-crafted meeting place for anyone who’s a foodie, and a required stop for those in need of some culinary inspiration. You need only spend minutes browsing the recipes submitted by members and it won’t be long before three or four of them are battling it out for rights to your kitchen. Joining is free, there are no intrusive e-mails arriving in your mailbox beyond the one welcoming you to the site, and from there you’re free to participate as much or as little as you like. New submissions are always met with positive comments and/or constructive suggestions. It’s one of the few “community” websites that actually feels like it has a community behind it.
Conducting the interview was Penny H., a North Carolina chef and freelance food writer who’s been with HalfHourMeals since the site’s launch. Like me, Penny has an undying passion for learning all she can about food, but she’s light years ahead of me in the mastering of it. Basically, she’s a pro.
Penny’s personal blog is Mimi’s Kitchen and you can see her in action here with her own Two Dollar Dinners series. By the way, is it just me, or does listening to the discussion of food wrapped in a Southern accent make it sound so much more enticing? Just listen to the way “chocolate chip cookies” sasses its wasy out of her mouth. And if you’re just that kind of person… you might want to check out Penny’s own… bacon cheeseburger… and fries… SOUP!
Thanks to Penny for shining a light on TvFoodAndDrink.
Oh, and please check out the interview!
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Am I Fat? February 2010
Do I need to introduce Z to Sara Rue? Thoughts?
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Julie from My Office Didn’t Know Who Shot J.R.
From Gary Green Lives @ Wordpress
Julie is a bright, capable young woman. I think she’s 24 or so. She has a big future in television production, but she doesn’t know who Larry Hagman is, she has never watched an episode of Dallas in her life, and when you mention the phrase “Who Shot JR?” to her, she tilts her head like a baffled golden retriever.
