Cookbook-writing caterer extraordinaire Debbi Covington dishes about food.
Summertime is Salad Time – Part II
Written by Debbi Covington
Tuesday, 07 August 2018 14:43
I'm not going to waste any space this week rambling on about why we should all eat more salads. We already know why, don't we? Have a happy and healthy August!
Grilled Steak Salad with Peaches and Blueberries
I rarely peel peaches. The skin is perfectly safe to eat. Be sure to wash the peaches just like you would wash an apple or pear before consuming.
I always gain weight in the summer. I guess it's because my event schedule is not as busy, and likely because I'm spending more time on the couch with my sweet kitty Belle, binge watching The Blacklist, and Poldark and Victoria. Yep. The couch is most certainly the culprit.
What fun it is to have friends from out of town come to our house for lunch! A big meal in the middle of the day is almost decadent. I recommend it highly. When California friends Holley and Cam Miller come to Beaufort to visit Holley's parents, they always take me out to eat. This visit, I treated them to lunch, with notice that they'd be helping me test recipes for my LCW column.
It's rare, and actually quite wonderful when it happens, for Vince and me to be home alone for a few days without a catering event on my calendar. I love to cook for us. When we were dating and I was living in Raleigh, I spent hours planning menus for Vince's weekend visits. The sorry truth is, I have a tough time cooking for two people.
Au revoir. This is the most common way of saying goodbye in French. It literally means “until we each see each other again.”
What do you do when one of your dearest friends is going away for the summer? How about away to France for the summer? A handful of Susan Murphy's – Lowcountry Weekly's Aunt Bossy’s – girlfriends gathered at my home on Monday afternoon for a champagne luncheon to send our homegirl off in style.