Y'all! We're gardening, we're grilling, we're beginning to enjoy the bounty and pleasures of the season. While you're grilling your...

As I stand with my hands in my chef's coat, I find myself thinking about the women in my family. Growing up, they were constantly...

· As things begin to normalize in the world, you may initially miss those businesses that are permanently gone in 2020 's wake. Some of...

In anticipation of a new year and a new season for Savage Skillet, I'm dusting off this old blog and chiming in - I don't have to say...

It's been a while. And it's certainly been a year, hasn't it? I have so much to say, but I realize most of it would be a yawp into the...

I recently had (gasp!) new comments on a very old, abandoned blog of mine. No, not this one, though the accusation is fair. Back when I...

My arms are covered in scars. Some are fresh and pink. Some are years old, but forever a part of me. People who don't know me, or who...

Here in the Deep South, people may be Catholic or Baptist, or die hard SEC football fans, but the unedited truth is, food is our religion....

It is difficult to cook single meals on a regular basis. It can be more work than it's worth, more expensive than grabbing something on...

Not to be cliche, but it's a conflicted time of year, isn't it? A lot of us struggle financially, and just in the day to day stress of...

These are devisive times- from social rights to foreign policy, morality to dress codes, there is something for everyone to protest....

(The before) It took a long time to find this space. Not only a roof under which to place my business, but this little beach town, among...

There has been a recent trend in public conversation and social media toward more transparency about the struggles of the service...

There are some things to which people in my line of business may or may not admit. We are, after all, prideful and tough. Untouchable....

Today I flew from New Orleans to Portland. I saw an alligator crossing a major thoroughfare on the way to the airport, at 3a.m. I got a...

Sometimes people still surprise me. Small gestures, thoughtful words, or most recently in my own life, just being decent. A couple of...

Can we talk, for just a moment, about a specific taboo phrase? Ok, good. It's the phrase "emotional eating." (Eeeek!!! Cue ominous...