News, Updates, and Musings from Savage Skillet Chef Tara Pederson

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Jul 1
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 vo...

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 w...

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 a...

Tara Pederson

Mar 20, 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 t...

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 i...

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. Tho...

Tara Pederson

Sep 11, 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 industr...

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. B...

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 f...

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 day...

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 music...

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