Tara PedersonMay 15, 20211 minQuick 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 PedersonApr 26, 20211 minPocketsAs 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 PedersonMar 23, 20212 minLife 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 PedersonDec 5, 20202 minKitchen Shoes and Moving ForwardIn 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 PedersonJul 1, 20202 minChangesIt'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 PedersonSep 11, 20193 minA Day In The LifeI 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 PedersonMay 8, 20192 minBurnsMy 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 PedersonMar 20, 20191 minMy Food PhilosophyHere 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 PedersonMar 19, 20192 minTable For OneIt 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 PedersonDec 26, 20182 minEnoughNot 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 PedersonOct 9, 20182 minCulinary ControversyThese are devisive times- from social rights to foreign policy, morality to dress codes, there is something for everyone to protest....
Tara PedersonSep 11, 20181 minComing 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. DavisJun 11, 20183 minIf 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. DavisNov 10, 20173 minConfessions of a Culinary ProfessionalThere 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 PedersonAug 30, 20172 minIn FlightToday 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. DavisAug 5, 20172 minPaying It ForwardSometimes people still surprise me. Small gestures, thoughtful words, or most recently in my own life, just being decent. A couple of...
Tara S. DavisJul 24, 20172 minThings We Shouldn't SayCan we talk, for just a moment, about a specific taboo phrase? Ok, good. It's the phrase "emotional eating." (Eeeek!!! Cue ominous...