Monthly Mixtape: Straw Visor and New Moon

Monthly Mixtape: Straw Visor and New Moon

August! Yeah it completely freaks me out, too. The gremlins start KIN-DER-GAR-TEN in 15 minutes, the ’embers are right around the corner, and some of my spring potted plants are expectedly crispy on the unders. Tiiiime keeps on tickin’ tickin’, into the fuuutuuuuure. STOP IT. However, it’s my birthday month, so I refuse to get […]

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Simple Peach and Pistachio Crisp

Simple Peach and Pistachio Crisp / Bev Cooks

We’re about to get so crispy right now. Do you know the difference between a crisp and a crumble? Because I didn’t, and totally had to look it up because I kept calling this a crumble when I was making it. And it’s not. A crumble has flour! A crisp – oats. NOW I’M SURE […]

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Cheesy Corn Grits with Fiery Shrimp

Cheesy Corn Grits with Fiery Shrimp / Bev Cooks

I’ve never understood why it’s not firey. Fiery makes me say it like this – feary. But with an English accent. And a tiny troll on the r. Fearrry. And with the corners of my mouth turned down. And I’m wearing lace around my neck. And I’m holding a parasol. With fringe. Never mind. Let’s […]

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Friday Flotsam

farmer's market strawberries

FRRRRRRRAH! duh. How are you with honking? I don’t mean like, what does it look like when your hand lays on the horn. More like, do you honk? Is honking something you’re into? Are you a breezy honker? (“You can’t say you’re breezy! It negates the breezy!”) I can’t honk. I can’t do it. Even […]

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Buttermilk Shrimp Tacos

Buttermilk Shrimp Tacos / Bev Cooks

JUST look at that crunch. Because yeah, we’re frying. (!) Flash frying. (!!) And I don’t think anyone can get upset about it. Unless you hate life. Beyond THAT plot twist, listen to what we’re doing with the shrimp. We’re marinating in buttermilk. Buttermilk! Remember my Buttermilk Cornish Game Hens from back in January? It’s […]

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Friday Flotsam

odd but beautiful plants

FFFFFFFFFRSAMDAYIDFLRFF. (<—miss me? don’t answer that.) Does anyone actually know what a sump pump looks like? No. No one does. Not even the men or women that install them. No one knows what a sump pump looks like. I don’t know what a sump pump looks like. It dawned on me the other day that […]

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Seared Ahi Tuna Bowls

Seared Ahi Tuna Bowls / Bev Cooks

Oh heeeeey I’m officially back with recipes. Summer recipes! Starting with raw fish! Ha! Oh. So I wouldn’t necessarily call this a poke bowl, only because I seared the ahi tuna. This has been a recipe that I’ve wanted to make for so long, I still had my baby teeth. (that came out way grosser […]

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