Southern Nuggets

I'm back in Georgia, back in the kitchen, & back in the apron. Alright, I am back in central Georgia, getting back into the swing of things. With that, let's drive right into this... Just like it's been said that someone who's an alcoholic can't take just one drink because by doing so they open up a dangerous road that quickly escalates into being wildly intoxicated. An alcoholic can't stop. This also holds true for me in regards to meat. What started out as an innocent by product of beloved foods, in no time at all snowballed into multiple cheeseburgers, steak, ground beef, and chicken. Even yesterday, with all my will power, I ended up reaching over and helping myself to a friend's chicken wings in addition to my meat-less salad. I know. I'm something of a disappointment right now. Vegetarian gone bad! I figure, since I'm already in this downward spiral I might as do it big. What WILL be the end of this run away food cart, is the Wor...

New Year's Day I took a mini hike to the Jemez Hot Springs, located about an hour north of Albuquerque. It was a great way to connect with nature. Before we dive into it, I would like to wish everyone a very joyous new year! It's something of a remarkable thing each year when we gather with friends and family, if not alone, to reflect on the year that so quickly came and went. Years, time I suppose, are like wide rivers that approach a restricted passage. Everything moves so slowly, calmly if we are fortunate, then without realizing it the water has sped up and we're sailing at full speed down the same river. Then the water again finds it's opening and everything again slows down as the new year starts. In contrast to new year celebrations of my past, I brought in the new year in meditation. It was something of a last minute decision after a new friend that I made during this visit to New Mexico expressed he was thinking about driving to Santa Fe to spend NYE a...