Kitchen & Hosting
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Slow Cooker Pulled Pork for a Crowd, Plus Three Leftover MealsSeptember 21, 2026One big pork shoulder, a mustard sauce from our corner of South Carolina, sixteen fed on the porch, and three easy suppers after.
No-Oven Summer Suppers for the Hottest WeeksAugust 15, 2026Four cheap, cool suppers we lean on when the August kitchen is too hot for the oven, with rough costs and a few hard-won notes.
Sweet Tea, Lemonade and Three Cheap Porch DrinksJuly 5, 2026Five pitchers that kept our porch cool over the Fourth: proper sweet tea, real lemonade and three thrifty extras, each costing pennies a glass.
Hosting a Porch Supper for Eight on $60May 13, 2026A shrimp-and-grits porch supper for eight in May, with the full shopping list, the timeline and the $60 receipt, borrowed chairs included.
Buttermilk Biscuits From Scratch, Step by StepMarch 20, 2026The cold-butter, gentle-hands method I finally got right, with a cost breakdown, every step written out, and the mistakes I made for years.
Red Beans and Rice for a Chilly WeekFebruary 3, 2026A big, slow pot of red beans and rice for about $11 that feeds us through a cold, gray week, with notes on making it your own.
A Make-Ahead Christmas Morning Breakfast CasseroleDecember 19, 2025Assemble it the night before, bake it while the stockings come down. Our sausage-and-egg casserole feeds a crowd for about fifteen dollars.
A Thanksgiving Plan for a Small KitchenNovember 21, 2025Eight guests, nine feet of counter and one oven. Our make-ahead Thanksgiving plan, day by day, with who brings what.
Chicken Bog: A Lowcountry Pot for a WeeknightSeptember 26, 2025A peppery one-pot of chicken thighs, smoked sausage and rice, made weeknight-friendly for about $13, plus notes on getting the texture right.
Tomato Pie SeasonAugust 2, 2025Salted market-seconds tomatoes, a blind-baked crust and a golden cheese topping: our late-summer tomato pie, baked before the heat sets in.
Peach Cobbler With Whatever Peaches You Can GetJune 17, 2025Bruised, frozen, canned or perfect: an easy, forgiving peach cobbler that works with whatever peaches you've got, plus what it costs.
A Simple Mother's Day Brunch at HomeMay 3, 2025A relaxed Mother's Day brunch menu for home: one baked dish, fruit, biscuits and good coffee, with a make-ahead plan that keeps it easy.