Get Cooking
I lost my mom this past year, and not a day goes by I don’t think about her. Particularly in the kitchen. Not because she was a cook, she wasn’t. I came into it from a sheer love of it. From age 12, I had my head buried in James Beard, Bon Appétit or the Time Life Cooking Series. My mom nurtured that love along the way, getting me jobs over college breaks with caterers and suggesting I go into nutrition when my art major seemed less than encouraging.
This is the time of year we dig out old cookbooks and cherished handwritten recipes. We cook for memories and love and nostalgia and to share. As a result, this issue is chockfull of food. Alice Salazar Hefernan shared her recipe for Mole Enchiladas which her Irish husband made better than she did. Cait Guszkowski of CaityPies shared her chocolate peppermint pie which her “Nana” would be proud of. Patrick Howell shares his pizza obsession with his neighbors in Sylvan park.
Speaking of sharing, we shared a bus ride with 50 friends at our first Edible Progressive Dinner, done with our partners at WeGo. The goal: showing folks that riding the bus is fun, easy, and can bring you to tasty destinations. The outing was so much fun that we’ll be doing another Progressive Dinner, next time down Gallatin Pike in January. To see pics of our Progressive Dinner down Charlotte Avenue go to ediblenashville.com
In the meantime, meet a few of our contributors.
Lisa Kaitlyn —Assistant Editor at Edible Nashville, Lisa is a food writer, editor, recipe experimenter, and Belmont University alumna.
Ann Walczak—Ann is a food, spirits, and hospitality writer and editor based in Nashville, Tennessee. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, she has spent over 17 years in the restaurant industry, holding almost every position in back and front of house at one point or another.
Jenn Davis is a foodie, photographer, baker, and the author of the award winning blog, twocupsflour.com
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From the Edible Kitchen,
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