Tiny Test Kitchen

If you are after the ultimate fried chicken recipe, this is it! I do not have a long and varied history with fried chicken although I am sure many of you do; the first time I ate fried chicken was only about 6 years ago. I have, however, made up for lost time, attempting to […]

Happy Labor Day! As a Brit I had no idea what Labor Day was until I just wikipedia-ed it (how isn’t that a word yet?)… and apparently it is a day to celebrate laborers. Interesting fact of the day – the first was held in New York and used as a bribe to appease workers […]

Every year the Masters Golf Tournament is played in the first week of April at Augusta National in Georgia. Every year the Masters sells eight different kinds of sandwiches, the most popular being their pimento cheese sandwich which this year cost a very reasonable $1.50. And every year my husband and his father apply in […]

Recently I was in Key West for my sister-in-law’s bachelorette weekend.  While we were there we enjoyed embracing the local relaxed culture (it was spring break after all!), trying their famous conch fritters and a plethora of local drinks… on a side note, be careful of the Rum Runners, they are stronger than they seem! […]

This weekend we went to the inimitable Hollister and Porter Hovey’s apartment for a deliciously perfect bloody mary brunch. When someone has been kind enough to invite you into their home I hate to go over empty-handed.  Knowing that they would have a well stocked bar (they did – Hollister even made her own bacon […]

There are certain recipes that I have tried and experimented with time and time again until I have gotten them just how I like them, my chili is one, my ragu another, my chicken soup, the list of staples that every home cook has up their sleeve goes on but my shrimp and grits were […]