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Blood Orange Cosmo

Blood Orange Cosmo
If the usual smattering of beers, wine and two ingredient high ball cocktails are lulling you to sleep these days, bust out your best cocktail shaker and Tom Cruise impression...

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  • March 1, 2015

Crabbies

Crabbies
It’s hard not to consider this [undeniably delicious] appetizer to be “a little bit country.” The dish does include butter, mayonnaise and cheese spread, after all. However...

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  • February 21, 2015

Strawberry Cheesecake Squares

Strawberry Cheesecake Squares
These no-bake strawberry cheesecake squares are so good that St. Valentine himself would lose his head over them. Too soon? In my book, anything that contains strawberries...

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  • February 13, 2015

Eastern NC BBQ Sauce

Eastern NC BBQ sauce
Take a trip to eastern North Carolina with this tasty barbecue sauce. This sauce packs a vinegary punch, balanced with a little brown sugar and goes great atop the City Style...

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  • January 31, 2015

Zesty Coleslaw

Zesty Coleslaw
If it weren't for coleslaw, many of the rednecks I grew up with likely wouldn't have any vegetables in their diet at all. At least any that aren't fried. This coleslaw is hardly the classic...

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  • January 31, 2015

Norf Cackalacky Corn Cakes

Norf Cackalacky Corn Cakes
Think of these corn cakes as pancakes' fun uncle - he storms through town on a motorcycle wearing a black leather jacket, ready to hand you your first beer and stir up...

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  • January 31, 2015

City Style Pulled Pork

Pulled Pork
Where I come from, pork shoulders are slow cooked in a smoker in the backyard for hours and hours. Whenever I get home sick for good ol fashioned delicious pokiness...

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  • January 31, 2015

Firehouse Meatloaf

Sunday Night Dinner
When you picture a firefighter, what do you see? A scrawny, raw food enthusiast chowing down on a bowl of kale lightly dressed with lemon juice and idealism? Heck no! ...

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  • January 10, 2015

Bulletproof Coffee

The first time I had this coffee was in Charleston, SC, the morning after a bachelor party and let me tell you, I needed it that morning. Badly. This recipe includes some...

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  • January 10, 2015

Green Bean Casserole

A true Thanksgiving classic, Green Bean Casserole has comfort written all over it. While you could stick with "good enough," and go with the condensed mushroom soup...

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  • November 22, 2014