‘Jimmy Lee is one of America’s great black chefs. A native of Louisiana, he has cooked from Natchez to Mobile, Charleston to New Orleans. Now semiretired, Jimmy Lee lives in California and cooks only for family and friends.’
Jimmy Lee’s Soul Food Cook Book. From 1970. Old paperback found at a garage sale. Dogeared, cause I’ve cooked a lot of stuff outta it.
Cheap ingredients, incredible flavors. Here’s a bucketful of recipes . . . . [Read more →]
Pennsylvania Chow-Chow was a mainstay in my family.
My grandfather used to jar his own and about 15 years ago, I went in search of the Official Family Recipe.
And it turned out, no one ever wrote it down.
So I ended up questioning my mother, aunts, uncles how it was done. Pieced together what I could and whipped up a large batch.
Designed some homespun labels and sent a bunch of jars out to the family.
In my version of the recipe, I keep the veggies crisp – which I define as A California Thing. I never understood the need to make cooked vegetables come out mushy.
My grandfather’s reaction was, ‘Oh, you’ll get it right next time.’
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I love this stuff.
Townshend’s Tea Company’s ‘White Rose’ Brew Dr. Kombucha. Not available in California. Yet. This is my last bottle, sipping it slowly.
Website here. Dang cool bottle designed by Laura Schalk.
Photo by mehallo
This finally made it on my radar.
Took my first sip this evening and I’m hooked. Low sugar, DRY cucumber soda. Bought a four pack.
Complete line of sodas include vanilla bean, juniper berry, lavender, lemongrass, blood orange and rhubarb. Website here. Blog here.
Brand design by Seattle-based Turnstyle.
‘Moonshine now finds its first taste of legality with a recent state law in Tennessee allowing the distillation of spirits’
Of course, the ‘first legal moonshine in Tennessee’ needs some good branding.
Ole Smoky’s script logo was designed by letterpress specialist YeeHaw – with Ole Smoky Distillery owners Jessi and Joe Baker, Cory Cottingim and Tony Breeden developing the look of the mason jar bottle, label and seal.
The team at Robin Easter Design pulls it all together with a kick ass website.
More details here. Order here.
Info provided via Whitney Hayden at Robin Easter Design; images found via The Dieline, IVI Blog and Thirstysouth
‘America’s first true self-service grocery store’
Vintage Piggly Wiggly photos. Snag a tee here.
And here’s a bit about where supermarkets come from.
Photos found via Afiler, The Spokesman-Review, Vangobot, Citizendia, Multiply, Keyposters and Emulsion Compulsion
‘Interesting to see which colors went first. PMS 485, PMS 183 and Silver 877 seemed to be the most popular’
Kim Neill’s Pantone color chips in tasty cookie format.
Details and recipe here.
Found via Chank Diesel
Recently we dropped in one of our favorite places, Duarte’s Tavern in Pescadero, CA. Their incredible Cream of Artichoke Soup is worth the drive – among the other freshly grown offerings on the menu.
Snag the recipe for their artichoke wonder here. Plus, their Cream of Green Chile Soup is also pretty dang good, tho a bit quicker to make.
And, of course, ocean views on the drive to and fro are part of the package.
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