We have soccer fever here at the Hammer household! For the Spain game today we served up paella and Agua Valencia. Much to my chagrin, the paella was a fine consolation to Espana’s loss to Russia. But, oh, what a paella. Saffron credit goes to my neighbors Lucy and Michael who brought it all the […]
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Mint Juleps with Shrimp Avocado Chips and Dip
“You go to my head, like a sip of sparkling burgundy brew, and I find the very mention of you, like the kicker in a julep or two.” It’s been awhile since I’ve sung You Go To My Head, but in these early summer days when I come home to my warm and sunny porch, […]
Project Repat Quilts and Shrimp Cakes, both Cozy
I wouldn’t say we are hoarders, but everyone has several dozen T-shirts from significant life events and places that they cannot part with, right? Discovering Project Repat was an affirmation; if an entire company exists to repurpose old T-shirts into quilts, we must not be the only hoarders in the world. I am grateful to […]
Shrimp and Pork Dumplings
We have the pleasure of welcoming KP’s parents to New Orleans and on my first day off in two weeks, we had a leisurely breakfast of eggs and toast to follow last night’s feast of shrimp and pork dumplings. Ralph and Marilyn are fantastic examples of how wanderlust and a sense of adventure should ripen […]
Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp with Cocktail Sauce for Southern Decadence
Saturday, Labor Day ahead. I would say last chance to BBQ if I were still living in Minnesota, but HAHA, I’m in New Orleans and will be BBQing all the way to next Labor Day. For those of you watching yellowing tree leaves with the stink eye of betrayal, for those of you with chilly […]
Orange-Glazed Shrimp Salad Tribute to Shrimp Docs
Residency started today. I almost took a selfie of standing in the house in my white coat to match all the “first day of school” pictures Mom took of me and Dave over the years, but then I was like, you’re thirty, this is a job, and you need to get there early in case […]
Thai-Glazed Corn Shrimp Dumplings
I have been tickling my dendrites with jazz, coating my tongue in dark chocolate, and then the word dumpling happened, and I felt Minnesota leak under the windowpanes like a draft. Dump-ling. It sounds like what it dares to do to me. But, oh. With Thai glaze—not so dumpy. I’m headed to a warm place, […]
Shrimp and Sausage Stew for the Beast
Worst food photography ever on this stew, the word itself lending a sort of downturned mouth onomatopoeia effect, stew…ew. Rather than lead off with an unappetizing photograph of my tasty, hearty autumn gruel, I’ve chosen to provide a charming foreshadowing of Hallow’s Eve at our house, with my chunky little Beast (Beauty in her yellow […]
Shrimp, Spaghettini, and San Diego
Yum. In a mood for seafood when staring at the sea scape of San Diego! The sounds of seagulls and train bells along the bay are West Coast anthems I haven’t heard in ages. All the same, sun and sea breeze long lost friends found again. What a glorious Saturday in the Gaslamp District. I […]
Fried Shrimp Flatbreads with Spicy Cardamom Sauce, and Weasels
Flood the moat; keep the rabble from the gates. Best advice I’ve had in weeks. And exactly what the chickens needed to hear. We may have a weasel. There was a weasel or squirrel or Chihuahua sized burrow hole at the door of the coop. The birds had new tremor in their wattles. I was, […]