The food we ate at home was great on the big holidays of fall, winter and spring, and any given Sunday. But, food taste best to me in the summertime. I like food cooked outdoors in the open air: the live fire and smoke enhanced the flavor and the blow of the heat was […]
Big Easy Sojourns & Gumbo Delicious Eats

Gumbo has one million moving parts, as does my grrrl, MacDiva. A few words on Gumbo, & my New Orleans sojourn: briefly interned @ mr B’s, where they eclipsed every other grill i had ever worked: as their grill person, i built a wood fire from scratch daily. New Orleans restored my faith in southern […]
Stefanie Kelly on the virtues of turmeric and food people like Craig Claiborne

craig claiborne. turmeric. substance as style… ahhh LA… that bastion of sincerity/craftsmanship… in the late ’80’s, i was a waitress there. 19? 18? this was during my child bride years, &… concurrent w/our residence @ the nudist resort. anywhoo!!! i digress. i call this period sleeping white tigress/kundalini/qi slumber, a period of non awareness w/the […]
Stefanie Kelly: Chef Interrupted, Bringing it Back, & What Does Soul Food Mean to You?

Home Slice resident food scribe returns with great recipes, deep insight and self-rescue missions. Make the food and reflect on what thoughts and feelings of a 21st Century conjure woman. “we eat everything. & everything eats us,” i solemnly intoned while my grrrrrl the Siren squealed in pure disgust. let’s ask @ […]