Recipe for white bean soup is simplicity at its finest
It never pays to get carried away and overthink things in the kitchen. Take, for instance, bean soup.
It never pays to get carried away and overthink things in the kitchen. Take, for instance, bean soup.
With the opening of Inman Social this month, Wesley True, 46, brings a new taste of Italy to Cleveland.
One of the biggest challenges of writing my regular newspaper column is party food. That's mainly, I confess, because I'm a bit of a broken record when it come…
Potato skins — or, as we often call them, tater skins — are a favorite football food often seen on menus in sports bars around town. But have you tried making …
A weekend brunch is a meal that is meant to be enjoyed and celebrated. At The Bitter Alibi, brunch is more than just a meal; it's an event that is meant to be …
Whenever I think of my grandmother, known to the family as Mommy Pat, I inevitably start to crave her fried chicken.
Local foodie Beth Ann Wolcott remembers a time when food festivals in Chattanooga meant nothing more than funnel cakes, cotton candy and corn dogs. But all tha…
The upcoming Labor Day weekend is a time for family and friends to gather and give the last hurrah to summer before autumn blesses us with its crisp embrace.
In the 37 years they've been married, Joan Marie Worsham and her clergyman husband, Jonas Worsham, have sought ways to help the homeless and less fortunate by …
Cleaning out the refrigerator is a messy task. If yours is anything like mine, there are leftovers that have seen better days and half-empty jars of condiments…
Before summer is in our rear-view mirrors, but while tomatoes are still plump, juicy and ready to be plucked from the vine, it's time to indulge in one of the …
Since it opened 19 years ago, Lillie Mae's Place has become a Red Bank institution.
I always think of fresh, sweet corn as the well-deserved compensation for the heat and humidity that settle over the Chattanooga area each summer like a hot, w…
I spent a week in Michigan earlier this summer and after more than five years was able to return to one of my favorite places in the world: Cherry Republic.
The Absolute Best Eatery makes a bold claim, but the name of the food truck and catering company Tabitha Holifield opened in 2021 could just as well describe h…
Some of my loveliest midsummer memories are of foraging for wild blackberries in North Carolina — in its pastures, woodland thickets and along paths through th…
That workhouse of the kitchen — your crock pot — is typically tucked away in the closet during the summer.
Southerners are known for their love of fried chicken, catfish, green tomatoes fried in lard and grits dripping with butter and gravy. But earlier this year, B…
Food service at Chattanooga Airport is flying high with the opening of a couple of new restaurants, both post-security and pre-security once the new airport wi…
Every dog or cat owner knows that the road to your pet's happiness is paved with daily treats. It goes without saying that many animal lovers tend to pamper th…
Even if pumpkin pie isn't your favorite sweet on the Thanksgiving dessert bar, it seems almost a travesty if it didn't make some kind of appearance on the Than…
Like many people embarking on their life journey, Neenah Miller, 52, worked in restaurants in her teens and 20s before she followed a different career path in …
One cannot visit Dahlonega without being overwhelmed by its gold history.
Oh boy! We're getting to the time of year when, at long last, the days are bathed in crisp autumnal sunlight and brisk, seasonal temperatures.
With no formal training at a culinary school, Ross Feinman, 27, has learned his trade by climbing the culinary ladder of success.
One of the most heartwarming memories of my childhood is the picture in my mind of my grandmother sitting on a stool at our kitchen counter, her 70-something-y…
New York Pizza Department hit the Hixson market more than a decade ago, bringing a new dimension of pizza pies to the area - pizza that New Yorkers know well.
There are some things that are routine in our house. I can guarantee you that I'm at the track in the early morning and again in the evening after the sun goes…
Jurassic Park has nothing on what lies beneath the earth in Montana's Badlands.
Montana is a popular vacation destination for many Chattanoogans, who visit Big Sky Country to hunt wild game, snow-ski or sight-see at Glacier and Yellowstone…
Watermelon has never been at the top of my list of favorite fruits. For starters, dealing with the seeds is a miserable job - though, as a child, I enjoyed spi…
There was a time when Prince Appleberry didn't know from where his next meal would come.
Is there any vegetable that screams summertime more than corn? Sure, there's zucchini as big as a watermelon and plump yellow squash on the vines, red ripe tom…
If you've done any traveling lately and eaten out for breakfast, you may have noticed how popular eggs Benedict has become across the globe.
I've had grits cakes in New York City, pimiento cheese in Minneapolis and even Southern pecan pie at a hoity-toity bakery in Marin County, California.
I've made so many tomato pies through the years it's hard to keep count, and each one has been different in some way.
Among the best things of all the wonderful summer produce that used to come from my dad's now-dormant vegetable garden were summer squashes - whimsical crookne…
Young chefs always seem to find a playful side to food, willing to show a lively, experimental side to chefdom. Watching new chefs as they scale the restaurant…
I'm fresh off a trip to Montana where I rode the Southeast Montana Burger Trail, and what a mouthwatering ride it was!
Nathan Diener, head chef at Parkway Pourhouse, spent much of his childhood, from ages 6 to 14 - the formative years when many future chefs begin to realize the…
Homemade ice cream is a treat, but what a production it can be, particularly if you wait until the last minute and forget to freeze the ice cream canister.
I've made the same pasta salad for I don't know how many years.
Patten Parkway's redo makes for a pleasant lunchtime outing with its wide sidewalks adorned with stone benches offering a welcome escape from the busyness of d…
Almost every restaurant I've been to lately has some kind of board for food presentation - charcuterie board, relish board, cheeseboard. They are always beauti…
Have you ever wondered how professional food photographers and stylists take photos with food that looks so real, so delicious that you could reach right in, l…
Between the Great Depression, when few people around America had the money for fresh steaks or many other cuts of beef, or World War II when there was a shorta…
Cold days and nights are a thing of the past now. The sun is shining longer, and daytime temperatures are on the rise.
When I was very young, my birthday cake was different from other kids' my age.
Chris Moore looks back on her childhood growing up in Toledo, Ohio, with fond memories about her grandparents' garden.
There's something absolutely wonderful about waking up to a breakfast that's ready to pop in the oven while you're having your first cup of morning coffee, par…