Kara’s Bites & Sights
Dip your way through a less-than-stellar football season
By Kara Kimbrough What do you do when your football team is playing badly? Find a comfortable spot in the tailgate tent and find solace in the dips. Lack of entertaining football action can be...
Apples, doughnuts, strudels and mountains are on my mind
By Kara Kimbrough Surveys listing each state's "most searched" recipe or food are often way off base when it comes to listing Mississippians' picks. Case in point: listing "turnips" as the most...
Appetizers for dinner? Why not?
By Kara Kimbrough It's the small things for me that trigger new ideas. Seeing “steak bites” on the appetizers’ menu of a restaurant I visited last week caused me to order the entrée-sized version...
Let the fall comfort food commence!
By Kara Kimbrough It's fall, a sign that we can begin dreaming of cozy evenings gathered around the table filled with hot dishes of our favorite comfort foods. Or maybe we're curled up before a...
It’s time to explore Mississippi’s waterfalls…yes, waterfalls!
By Kara Kimbrough I felt a pang of envy last week as I watched news coverage of the picturesque town of Pomfret, Vermont. Attracting thousands of tourists from around the world is an abundance of...
You say Cajun/I say Creole…both are delicious
By Kara Kimbrough I’m not here to reignite an argument about the differences between Cajun and Creole food. I’m gun shy about mentioning ANY food from these regions after causing a furor on social...