Food Quote du Jour

“And I find chopsticks frankly distressing. Am I alone in thinking it odd that a people ingenious enough to invent paper, gunpowder, kites and any number of other useful objects, and who have a noble history extending back 3,000 years haven’t yet worked out that a pair of knitting needles is no way to capture food?” ~Bill Bryson

Black Eyed Peas and Greens

black eyed peas

Nothing else will do on a Mississippi New Year’s Day. This tradition is said to bring good luck for the rest of the year. Black eyed peas are simply salted and simmered with bacon fat. Greens can be cooked a number of ways, but recently this recipe for ale-braised collard greens with smoked ham hock was featured as one The New York Times’s Thanksgiving Recipes from across the United States.