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Kara’s Sights and Bites: General Tso lives on through his namesake  dish

Kara’s Sights and Bites: General Tso lives on through his namesake dish

by Mississippi Monitor | Apr 9, 2025 | Kara's Bites & Sights

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...
Kara’s Sights and Bites: Sometimes nothing but homemade cake will do

Kara’s Sights and Bites: Sometimes nothing but homemade cake will do

by Mississippi Monitor | Apr 2, 2025 | Kara's Bites & Sights

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....
Kara’s Sights and Bites: Homemade biscuits make life worth living

Kara’s Sights and Bites: Homemade biscuits make life worth living

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 26, 2025 | Kara's Bites & Sights

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...
Kara’s Sights and Bites: Keep it simple when celebrating spring

Kara’s Sights and Bites: Keep it simple when celebrating spring

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 19, 2025 | Kara's Bites & Sights

By Kara Kimbrough The official start of spring is this week…this fact alone should be cause for celebration. After all, what’s not to love about spring? We’re in all-too-short balmy window before summer’s oppressive heat descends and stays around until...
Kara’s Sights and Bites: New cooking show yielded inspiration for one pot meal

Kara’s Sights and Bites: New cooking show yielded inspiration for one pot meal

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 12, 2025 | Kara's Bites & Sights

By Kara Kimbrough    Disclaimer: I haven’t watched Meghan Markle’s Netflix cooking show, “With Love, Meghan.” I admired Princess Diana and have similar feelings for Prince William, as well as his wife, Princess Kate. Stodgy King Charles and Meghan’s husband,...
Kara’s Sights and Bites: Stay in Mississippi to enjoy March’s main events

Kara’s Sights and Bites: Stay in Mississippi to enjoy March’s main events

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 5, 2025 | Kara's Bites & Sights

By Kara Kimbrough     I’m calling it now…March is going to a great month! Why would I make such a bold statement? For starters, it contains two of my favorite occurrences of the year: Daylight Savings Time begins on March 9 and spring is sprung on March 20....
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