The Red Bicycle Coffee and Crepes opened a few months ago after relocating to Germantown from Chapel Hill, N.C. I’ve been meaning to stop… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ...
I love ice cream. Growing up in South Texas, it was the only way to stay cool some times. Of course, it was our beloved Blue Bell ice cream. In fact, there was a while I did not even know there was brands besides Blue Bell. Since my childhood, I...
i flew into denang and have been in hoi an for nearly a week now and i must tell you that i’d been particularly looking forward to coming here ever since bourdain mentioned his love affair with this small city awhile back. it’s well lo...
Kings of Leon announce Music City Eats coming in September 2013 So I went to a press conference at City House just a couple of hours ago…. What...
Moe's Original BBQ is now open in Franklin! Find out what we thought of our first visit to this new 'que joint from Alabama by way of Colorado!
September is National Chicken Month and I’m looking forward to celebrating in the next week or so when I get to go home to my parents’ for a few days and feast on some of my mom’s fried chicken! OK, really I’m looking to se...
A few weeks ago I was working on a photo shoot with my friend Heather Skelton who is the cooking book editor at Thomas Nelson Publishing/Harper Collins. We were shooting a recipe that called for fresh apples. I quickly made up this “Apple Bu...
Just a few years ago, in the final stretch of my 20s, everything seemed pretty bleak. The idea of turning 30 and still being in the same rut was a daunting but likely reality. I couldn’t see a happy ending for myself and I kept making the sa...
I am sure y’all had your favorite chocolate cookie that your mom or grandma made growing up. Well this was my favorite fudgy cookie that my mom made. It was usually a Christmas treat, but she made so many that by the time Christmas was...
BLVD - fun food The Annual Dining Out For Life Event was a couple weeks ago. There were about 70 restaurant locations around Nashville which participated and all of the restaurants committed to give a percentage (30- 75%) of the cos...
Who knows that if you have new workout clothes that make you feel good you may be more inclined to actually go exercise? (Do I see all of you raising your hands?) The sweet Broccoli Cupcake (who does have a name, and it’s Calie) introduced m...
It's not all pretty yet, but I'm moving to lesleyeats.com! I'm saying goodbye to the bunny and the lettuce, but I'll still be eating plenty of rabbit food. So please update your feeds, bookmarks, and whatever else and join me over there.
It’s a rare thing that I don’t see my handsome beau on a Saturday night; however, I had been hankering for a girl’s night in at my place and this Saturday was it. There is nothing like having company over … Continue readin...
If you have read this blog very long, or know either of us personally, then you know our very favorite pizza place in Nashville is Joey’s House of Pizza. They used to be located in Brentwood, but closed that location to open near downtown o...
Oh how this pasta dish rocks my world. I first made Chicken Carbonara a few years ago, but it was for a special event (holiday or birthday…I can’t remember!). I didn’t have time to snap pictures, so it never made it on the blog. ...
Hey, there. I would appreciate it if all of you who subscribe (thank you!) to this blog change your bookmark or however you keep track of me to: http://www.thesouthinmymouth.com. I migrated my blog a few weeks ago to a simpler … Continue rea...
As an activist, I have those moments where living in the world with the knowledge I possess is difficult. I would never call myself suicidal, but sometimes the things I see on a daily basis make me so sad I almost lose faith in humanity. But then ...
We were unable to make it to San Francisco last year due to the impending birth of our son (see our post from last March – Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda), but this spring we were determined to return to possibly our favorite city (with son and mot...
The Nashville Scene’s Iron Fork event is when Kitchen Stadium comes to Nashville. Five extremely talented chefs will battle over a yet to be disclosed secret ingredient. It is, without a doubt, one of my favorite events of the year. I...