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The Duke of Gonzonew
What author would you like to have over to your house? Vonnegut, Hemingway, Angelou? Thanks to the University Press of Mississippi’s Literary Conversations Series, the question is no longer moot, and you don’t even have to make dinner.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
08-26-2008 |
Nonfiction
Halcyon Soupnew
This recipe is from my halcyon days in Oxford, where I was desultorily studying for a degree, diligently exploring my capacities for vice and working in a string of eateries.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
08-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
Walking the Floor Over Stocknew
AltWeeklies Award - Food Writing
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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Love a Ducknew
Those rascals in the Greater Belhaven "There Goes the Neighborhood" Association plan on holding their annual "White Trash Bash" as soon as it gets warm enough to wear a wife-beater.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
04-21-2008 |
Food+Drink
Butter Upnew
Butter has no substitute; a chemist is just no match for a cow.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
03-28-2008 |
Food+Drink
Cooking Under Pressurenew
Anyone who takes an interest in cooking should learn how to use a pressure cooker. But, it takes time.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
02-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
Our Lady Peasnew
There is much more to this little green wonder than meets the eye.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
07-15-2006 |
Food+Drink
Daisy Duke Can't Cooknew
Being able to cook was once a commodity on the marriage market, so much so that disgruntled husbands who settled for less than a buxom bimbo comforted themselves with a good buttermilk biscuit.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
09-29-2005 |
Food+Drink
Scarborough Farenew
Herbs are powerful accents that should be used judiciously. Sure, they're really pretty and aromatic when fresh, but they're also stronger, not to mention different in flavor and texture, than when dried.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
08-18-2005 |
Food+Drink
Love in the Time of Omelettesnew
Sexual attraction may be the initial ingredient of romance, but sooner or later you’re going to have to eat together, and that can be almost as exhilarating and educational as sex.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
07-28-2005 |
Food+Drink
Rock Cornish Rackettnew
Delve into the mystery of the tiny chickens behind rock cornish hens.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
07-14-2005 |
Food+Drink
Poke Salad Bessienew
Euell Gibbons lauds poke as "probably the best-known and most widely-used wild vegetable in America." Yancy demystifies it with a little help from his old babysitter Bessie.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
06-03-2005 |
Food+Drink
Redneck Eggsnew
Any time you enter a beer joint or beer store in the South, you’re likely to find a big jar of pickled eggs on the counter next to the beef jerky and all the other Bubbas that belly up to the Southern sideboard. They're awful—but properly pickled eggs are a treat.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
03-24-2005 |
Food+Drink
Take a Leeknew
Yancy dishes on perfecting the leek.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
02-24-2005 |
Food+Drink
The Agony of Immortalitynew
Ambrosia, literally translated, means “immortal,” which is appropriate because it takes forever to make. Here's how, if you have the fortitude.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
12-15-2004 |
Food+Drink
