Enjoying a cigar, a drink & a good book on the porch. It’s been a nice January day here below the line. (Taken with instagram)
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For your Happy Hour listening pleasure I present:
Pickin’ On Series (a bluegrass tribute to Jimmy Buffett) | Southern Cross
Maybe its the chilly weather or maybe I just want to disappear for a while, but Key West has been dominating my daydreams as of late. I want to walk along Mallory Square with the rest of the weirdos and sun worshipers smoking an El Hemingway handmade at the Key West Cigar Factory and soaking in the scenery. I want to ride a rented scooter everywhere, sip on frozen drinks and leave my worries somewhere far far away.
The Conch Republic has been calling me and this article by Lee Smith published in Garden & Gun a while ago just made my longing worse. I stumbled upon it earlier today and thought I would share it with you.
Stay Weird Parrotheads. Grab a cocktail and R E A D T H I S.
The White Provision complex may be the greatest concentration of modern southern awesomeness in Atlanta, GA.
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The rumored Jeep Grand Wagoneer. The legacy returns and it’s about damn time.
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“This Train is Bound for Glory” | Mumford & Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros embark on the Railroad Revival Tour.
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A Ribeye and a Bordeaux while watching the NFC Champinship. Go Giants & Hotty Toddy! (ps: It’s as good as it looks.) (Taken with instagram)
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Bon Iver - Skinny Love (Das Kapital Dubmix)
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The Preservation Hall Jazz Band has had numerous collaborators in the past few years; everyone from Del McCoury to Buddy Miller, and all of those featured on the great Preservation album.
Danny Clinch made a documentary about one of these fruitful partnerships, between PHJB and My Morning Jacket, and called it, appropriately, Louisiana Fairytale. Watch the trailer for the film above.
Chef Hugh Acheson’s new cookbook, A New Turn in the South, is a must today in every southern kitchen. The new twist on our southern classics is inspiring and in turn delicious! You will enjoy the photography by his friend and collaborator, Rinne Allen, as much as the recipes. I was fortunate to get them to share the pimiento cheese recipe with guide2athens and Bulldawg Illustrated: for our chapter in Myrna and Loran Smith’s new cookbook, Let the Big Dawg Eat…Again. You should add both of these cookbooks to your collection.
XOXO- CL
Pimiento Cheese
Pimiento cheese was a hurdle I couldn’t get over until about ten years ago. I just didn’t like mayo and cheese together, they were too similar in texture. But after my wife Mary insisted on it, I started experimenting and came up with a winner. Now I can’t get through the week without at least one great sourdough and pimiento cheese sandwich with pickled okra on the side. It’s a versatile component as well. Serve it as a sandwich, a spread for crisp toasted breads, a filling for celery, a topping for burgers, or in finished grits.
Makes 4 cups
1 pound sharp white cheddar, such as an 18-month-old
2 large, sweet red peppers, roasted, peeled, seeded, and diced
1/2 cup home made Mayonnaise (or Duke’s in a pinch)
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/2 tablespoon smoked sweet Spanish paprika
Pinch of cayenne
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Grate the cheddar by hand to a medium shred and place in a large bowl. Add the peppers, mayonnaise, mustard, paprika, cayenne, and salt and mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon.
Mayonnaise
1 whole egg
2 egg yolks
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup olive oil
In a stainless steel mixing bowl set over a bowl of salted ice, whisk together the egg, egg yolks, lemon juice, and Dijon.
Slowly whisk in the vegetable oil and olive oil to emulsify.
Immediately refrigerate and use within 2 days.
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The Goat Rodeo Sessions | Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile performing Here and Heaven
I know I have posted this song before, but actually seeing these musicians perform this song gives me chills. It is simply amazing.
