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A Father’s Day Love Note to Bazz
If you were to ask Bazz what his number one job is I’m pretty sure he’d say, “Father.” His own parents divorced when he was just six weeks old. His weekends as a little boy were spent packing and unpacking a small, beat-up Snoopy suitcase, its characters faded and cracked. Rather than happily worn from…
High Pitched Chicken
My brother’s favorite chicken dish as a little boy in our house growing up was called “High Pitched Chicken.” Too little to understand or put his finger on the concept of “zesty” or “flavorful,” he referred to this almost no-prep ReciBEE as “high pitched.” In his mind, the pop of flavor was like a high…
Ask The Bee: R Babies For Us?
Dear Bee, I am almost 31 years old and I have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for five years, four of which have been long distance (he is in Canada and I am in New York, a five-hour flight away). I recently started my absolute dream job in New York, he has been…
The Bee’s Uncooked Pasta
In the 1980’s my mother’s bible for entertaining was “The Silver Palate Cookbook.” Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso were ever-present in my mother’s kitchen on Hoskier Road. She used their recipes to entertain effortlessly and elegantly, Ina’s ultimate goal being to spend as little time in the kitchen as possible and as much time with…
Ask The Bee: The Bee Wears Bandier
Dear Bee, I’m almost 25 years old and I have been on the same career path since I graduated from college. My job is stable and I work at a great company where I’ve made amazing friends. But my boss can be a real bitch sometimes. Not just in the regular annoying boss type of…
The Bee’s Knees Vidalia Onions
Summertime is knocking softly on our doors. Can you hear it? Are you listening? The softest scent of lilacs fills our backyard and breezy bug-less evenings (my favorite kind) are making eating outside a welcome treat. Especially here on our little stone patio in quaranBEEn. I am southern born, but northern raised. A mutt really:…
Ask The Bee: Crush or Crutch?
Dear Bee, I’ve been with my significant other for 10 years (I’m 30 years old). We’re engaged to be married, he is one of my best friends. That said, it feels like something is missing, but I am not sure what. When I met him 10 years ago, I wasn’t in a good place in…
The Bee’s Velvet Tomato Sauce
Moving from Atlanta, GA to South Orange, NJ in 1977 was a shock to my mother’s system. Deeply tethered to her southern roots, parents, siblings and friends, it was an emotional move to say the least. She had separated from my biological father when I was just four and shortly after, we moved in with…
Ask The Bee: BEEsic Instinct
Hi Jule! Here we go – I’m happily married to the most wonderful man. He’s my best friend. We are so happy and have everything we could ever want or need in our lives, so these issues don’t stem from an issue in our own five year marriage. Here’s the thorn – my husband and…
Lazy Roasted Tomatoes
Any southerner will tell you that the only thing better than a ripe seasonal tomato is a ripe seasonal peach. We love our tomatoes so much that when they’re not in season we think of creative ways to eat them anyway. Fried green tomatoes, tomato jam, and now you can add my “Lazy Roasted Tomatoes”…
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