clean the fridge

Can’t Not, Won’t Stop

food by Ann Davis-RoweMarch 19, 2023March 19, 2023

food by Ann Davis-RoweMarch 18, 2023March 19, 2023

Food, Books, Ballet… oh, and a puppy

Hampton and I are both back into rehearsals* so weekends are for bigger meals, and tonight may have been our best schnitzel yet. We toasted and ground up leftover soft pretzel from Strudelteig’s last visit to Lesser Known, the fantastic Eastern European-inspired brewery a mile and change from our house, for the crust on this […]

food by Ann Davis-RoweDecember 28, 2022December 28, 2022

Clean the Fridge+

Happy holidays! We went to see Hampton’s parents for Christmas and every trip to Raleigh these days requires a trip to Wegman’s for specialty items we rarely see in Winston-Salem. As much as we love this town and don’t want to move back to all that traffic and house prices. When we go to Wegman’s, […]

food by Ann Davis-RoweJune 30, 2022July 2, 2022

Food, Glorious Food

The end of rehearsals has meant a return to cooking. Like, the kind of cooking we enjoy, not just getting food on the table. I won’t bore you with alllllll the daily details (yet), but there have been a few standouts the past few weeks. — Orange-Chili Glazed Pork Tenderloin with Carrot Pesto and Grilled […]

food by Ann Davis-RoweApril 18, 2022April 19, 2022

Weeks 14 & 15, 2022

Yeah, so week 14 doesn’t get its own post because it looked like this: One day of easy sautéed shrimp with air-fried polenta [from an old Trader Joe’s cookbook] and a simple arugula salad side, one day of the-restaurant-we-planned-to-go-to-during-Hampton’s-tech-week-before-my-rehearsal-is-closed-so-let’s-go-to-the-food-hall-for-the-second-time-in-three-days, one day of not even homemade pizza, but Domino’s, and then….? The highlight of the week […]

food by Ann Davis-RoweMarch 13, 2022March 13, 2022

Weeks 9 & 10, 2022

Mon 2/28: steak and eggs with asparagus and hashbrowns. There were potatoes and asparagus and eggs from Well Rooted Farm to use up, so we decided to try to perfect hasbrowns… and missed a crucial step in the de-starching process. Still delicious thanks a Smoke City Meat bavette. Tues 3/1: French Country sausage and artichoke […]

food by Ann Davis-RoweFebruary 27, 2022February 27, 2022

Weeks 7 & 8, 2022

Whew, where the heck did the past two weeks go. I’m in rehearsals — which I just realized I haven’t actually written about. Ok, more on that this week. Anyway, six hours of call on a Sunday definitely gets in the way of my sharing recipes with… all five of you… esp. as Sunday is […]

Week 3, 2022

food by Ann Davis-RoweJanuary 23, 2022January 23, 2022

food by Ann Davis-RoweDecember 12, 2018December 12, 2018

Snow Days are for Comfort Food. And also all the days leading up to and after them.

It was predicted that our area of central NC was going to get hit with a whopper of a storm. And for once, “they” were right. Sunday, we got approximately 14.5″. We usually average less than half of that in an entire year. My choir gig’s Christmas cantata was canceled (and our second show at […]

food by Ann Davis-RoweDecember 4, 2017December 31, 2017

Thanksgiving Redux… and Redux… and Redux…

Not only was it my first year to cook the Thanksgiving turkey, it was my first year with Lots of Leftovers. Time to get creative – and not a sandwich in the mix! […don’t get me wrong. I love a good leftover turkey sandwich with Miracle Whip. But both Miracle Whip and sandwich bread go […]