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Tara Pederson
- May 15, 2021
- 1 min
Quick Spring Recipes!
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...
Tara Pederson
- Apr 26, 2021
- 1 min
Pockets
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...
Tara Pederson
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
Life After Business
· As things begin to normalize in the world, you may initially miss those businesses that are permanently gone in 2020 's wake. Some of...
Tara Pederson
- Dec 4, 2020
- 2 min
Kitchen Shoes and Moving Forward
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...
Tara Pederson
- Jul 1, 2020
- 2 min
Changes
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...
Tara Pederson
- Sep 11, 2019
- 3 min
A Day In The Life
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...
Tara Pederson
- May 8, 2019
- 2 min
Burns
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...
Tara Pederson
- Mar 19, 2019
- 1 min
My Food Philosophy
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....
Tara Pederson
- Mar 19, 2019
- 2 min
Table For One
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...
Tara Pederson
- Dec 26, 2018
- 2 min
Enough
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...
Tara Pederson
- Oct 9, 2018
- 2 min
Culinary Controversy
These are devisive times- from social rights to foreign policy, morality to dress codes, there is something for everyone to protest....
Tara Pederson
- Sep 10, 2018
- 1 min
Coming Soon
(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...
Tara S. Davis
- Jun 11, 2018
- 3 min
If you have a cook in your life...
There has been a recent trend in public conversation and social media toward more transparency about the struggles of the service...
Tara S. Davis
- Nov 10, 2017
- 3 min
Confessions of a Culinary Professional
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....
Tara Pederson
- Aug 30, 2017
- 2 min
In Flight
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...
Tara S. Davis
- Aug 5, 2017
- 2 min
Paying It Forward
Sometimes people still surprise me. Small gestures, thoughtful words, or most recently in my own life, just being decent. A couple of...
Tara S. Davis
- Jul 24, 2017
- 2 min
Things We Shouldn't Say
Can we talk, for just a moment, about a specific taboo phrase? Ok, good. It's the phrase "emotional eating." (Eeeek!!! Cue ominous...