Kara’s Bites & Sights
Homemade desserts are a dying art; here are a few relics
By Kara Kimbrough Receiving emails from readers asking for restaurant recommendations is a regular occurrence. Requests with questions like, "What are the best seafood restaurants on the Gulf...
It’s not too early to prepare for Labor Day grilling
By Kara Kimbrough "Don't go, summer!" The headline from a food magazine at the checkout line couldn’t have been more direct: Big, bold red letters practically leapt off the page as I unloaded my...
Eat well in the heat and live to tell about it
By Kara Kimbrough You don't need to watch the 24-hour weather reports with the gloom-and-doom reports of this being the "hottest summer on record." We get it...it's HOT! And along with that...
What’s old is inevitably new again, even in the food world
By Kara Kimbrough Here's a little-known fact - many of the recipes we use today -or at least variations of them - originated during the dismal decade between 1929 and 1939, better known as the Great...
Create a “to do” list, one Mississippi attraction at a time
By Kara Kimbrough Last week I was perusing one of the few remaining bookstores (don’t get me started on the impracticality of ordering books online without at least holding it in my hands, thumbing...
Silver linings come in all forms, including treasured recipes
By Kara Kimbrough It’s summer, which in the south means one thing: it’s hot. Very hot. Even so, last week I was excited to find an easy way to make one of my favorite dishes, vegetable beef...