Mary Crimmins

I stumbled upon this recipe and have tweaked it again and again and absolutely love it! It is a summer staple that is a great lunch, or as a side for dinner. You can make this ahead of time and store in a closed container in the refrigerator for a few days. This is best when served [...]

Last week, I was able to purchase my first bulbs of newly harvested fresh young garlic. Knowing that I go through a lot of garlic, I bought 7 bulbs from Delvin Farms. After using the garlic in several recipes over the weekend,  I realized that this wasn’t the dried garlic that I was used to. [...]

Adapted from “The Real Dirt on Vegetables” by John Peterson I was really craving pesto this week and realized that I didn’t have basil or arugula in my fridge. I did, however; have some local lacinato kale that I bought at the Woodbine Farmers Market. So, I looked it up and sure enough you can make pesto [...]

For years, I have been expressing the desire for someone to open up a local butcher shop. My dream has finally come true. Opening up this summer in East Nashville, chef’s James Peisker and Chris Carter are opening up Porter Road Butcher Shop. In the 1800 sq. ft. shop at 1117 Porter Road, it will boast [...]