Kara's Sights & Bites
Kara’s Sights and Bites: Celebrate the 4th of July and stay cool in the process
By: Kara Kimbrough The Fourth of July is only a few days away, so the first thing I did was check the extended weather forecast. Yep…it’s going to be a scorcher. Even though I did pick up a new charcoal grill the other day simply because it was on sale post-Memorial Day…
Read MoreKara’s Sights & Bites: Spring/summer survival food: salads, of course
By: Kara Kimbrough When I say “salads are spring/summer survival food,” I’m not referring to pale leaves of iceberg lettuce topped with a few shakes of tasteless low or no-fat dressing. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think a top-heavy salad of rich ranch dressing, oil-laden croutons and salty bacon pieces on…
Read MoreKara’s Sights & Bites: General Tso lives on through his namesake dish
By Kara Kimbrough I’ve shared my favorite cuisines in the past as well as those that I can do without. Specifically, I prefer to skip over the multitude of Mexican restaurants that seem to pop up on every corner of our state. One exception: I enjoy a sizzling plate of fajitas, but that’s often too heavy…
Read MoreKara’s Sights and Bites: Sometimes nothing but homemade cake will do
By: Kara Kimbrough Everywhere I turned last week…every internet post…every magazine cover in the supermarket checkout line…every conversation I overheard in the supermarket checkout line…you get the picture…it seemed like cakes were on the minds of many. As a result, the thought of soft, moist layer cakes covered with a thick covering of buttercream icing…
Read MoreKara’s Sights and Bites: Homemade biscuits make life worth living
By Kara Kimbrough The homemade biscuit, a beloved American icon, is on the endangered species list. I blame it on supermarket biscuits marketing themselves as “homemade,” with an “old fashioned buttermilk taste.” In reality, they’re pale spheres of sticky dough ready to spring from their cans offering little more than synthetic butter. Here’s the main reason…
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