What was at stakeAntony did not come to Egypt for dinner.He came for troops, money, and a convenient queen.Cleopatra, ever the overachiever, decided to serve all three courses at once. It is 41 BCE, and the Mediterranean is one long, frayed nerve. Julius Caesar has been dead for three years, stabbed to death on theContinue reading “Gastro-Politics: Cleopatra’s Pearl Cocktail and the Dinner That Dared Rome”
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Plum Cobbler Crisp with Hazelnut Coffee Creamer
Sometimes, Southern hospitality arrives in the form of a box of freshly picked fruit. When our neighbor handed my husband a box brimming with ripe, dark plums, it was clear these beauties deserved a dessert that honors their vibrant flavor and our family’s inherited sweet tooth. In true Southern tradition, we decided to whip upContinue reading “Plum Cobbler Crisp with Hazelnut Coffee Creamer”