Moving On…Sort Of…

Yes, it’s me. It’s been a long while since I’ve posted anything in here. Life kind of got in the way and before I knew it, it had been a few years in fact. I wanted to start fresh so to speak, so I have started a new blog at http://afoodieinthesouth.wordpress.com . It’s still pretty new and it’s still a work in progress. Of course I will continue to have recipes, but I’d also like to venture outside of my kitchen and blog about other food adventures and topics.

I had every intentions of deleting My Little Corner Of The Kitchen, but this was my very first blog venture so I’m still a little sentimental with it. I will continue to keep it up a while longer. I hope you will check out A Foodie In The South and maybe even stay awhile. I’d love to know what you think and I hope you join me in this next venture.

BACK IN THE KITCHEN

I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus here, ok almost a year long hiatus it seems. I have been struggeling with some health issues that have kept me away from my love of cooking. For a while now, I have been dealing with arthritis in both knees and ankles, the kind that was limiting my ability to be able to stand for long periods of time. Well, honestly after 20 minutes of being on my feet, I was done. But low and behold, now with my Doctors care I am now able to start cooking again. I know hubby is happy, because those frozen dinners and quickly thrown together meals were getting quite old and boring. I have missed the pleasure of cooking for my family and friends, for me, that is comfort. So, once again I hope to bring some great tasting and satisfying meals here.

Birthday Luncheon at Brick Street Cafe

Another year, another birthday. In celebrating my 25th birthday…ok ok 42nd birthday my mom (yep, that’s me and my mom) and a few other important ladies in my life (my aunts and great aunt) took me to lunch at one of my favorite places- Brick Street Cafe.

What was once a belt factory many years ago, was later turned into a cafe.

The place is a unique blend of a cozy, laid back atmosphere with a touch of southern charm…not to mention great food. It isn’t unusual to walk in and find several wedding or baby showers going on. The staff are always courteous and make you feel like you were invited for a relaxing lunch at a friend’s house.

I think I have tried just about everything on their menu, from their Sid’s Trio salad ( a scoop each of chicken salad, egg salad and tuna salad on mixed greens) to the Mr. Pad’s Fried Oyster Po’ Boy.

I have a weakness for crab cakes, so I had the Miss Sara’s Crab Cake Sandwich. It did not disappoint. The crab cake had nice crunchy texture on the outside with delicious jumbo crab meat on the inside, seasoned just right. The remoulade sauce was so yummy I could have eaten it with a spoon. I think I did at one point. I know I ended up using it as a dip for my chips. It would have been a shame to have wasted any of it.

For dessert we had their famous 4 layer coconut cake. See how much my mom and my aunts love me, they bought me a whole cake. Of course I shared it….mostly.

This cake will make you swoon.

At the end of my food coma, I can truly say that turning 42 wasn’t so bad after all.

Surviving Outside the Delivery Zone

Hubby and I were in the mood for some good Italian food, but seeing that he was just getting over the flu, we didn’t want to go out anywhere. Where we live, we are just right outside of what I like to call the “delivery zone”. It’s where a block up the street those lucky ones can get just about anything they want delivered to them, but we can only get two. Pizza Hut and Little Italy. Lucky for us, Little Italy has some of the best Italian food around.

The place is small, literally, if you blink while driving you will go past it. It’s family owned. The food is really reasonably priced and they give you plenty of it. Hubby and I both got the Chicken Parmesan dinner.

Nestled underneath all that gooey goodness of cheese is two huge pieces of breaded chicken with their famous Italian marinara sauce.

With lots of spaghetti underneath as well. Not to mention the garlic bread with all it’s buttery garlic flavor that just makes you want to swoon….ok maybe that’s going a little too far, but it’s good…honest.

And did I mention the Mozzarella sticks?

I think I know what we will be having tomorrow night as well….leftovers. yep, we will definitely be having the rest of this tomorrow night.

Now if we could only get our favorite Chinese place down the street to deliver here as well…….