Savor Culture

Wonderful Husband Charles and I have moved to my old stomping ground in Middle Tennessee. Among the personal and professional reasons was my desire to help in opening the new Nashville location of Trader Joe’s, where I am a crew member. In honor of our opening day this Friday, I would like to [...]

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Bonding with Herman the Hound at my parents’ home in Tennessee. 
I’ve been enjoying a sneak peek of spring this week, visiting my family (parents, little sister, six dogs, two cats) and friends in Middle Tennessee. There’s enough of a chill to keep the pellet stove in use in my family’s log home; however, the area’s [...]

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Serving suggestion: Spread cultured butter thickly on bread. Or muffins. Or crackers.  Thanks to Wonderful Husband Charles for white ceramic butter bell.
We’ve talked a bit about butter here at Savor Culture, even discussed the pleasures of churning (and eating) your own beurre maison.  Well, hold on to your whisk, because butter just got even better. [...]

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Blueberry buttermilk pancakes topped with a generous pat of homemade butter.
Okay, dear readers, here’s the deal: I and a dozen of my (geographically) closest friends have been enjoying the tastiest, most luxurious, homemade butter for a whole week, and I haven’t let you in on it because my draft postings were too technical-sounding and [...]

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