Cornbread Supper

Tomato Bisque with Potato & Cream Sausage & Red Beans Minestrone Kitchen Sink! + Chicken Stock Sourdough Crostini (Cheddar Cheese) HM Mashed Potatoes & Sour Cream Roasted Local Turnips, Beets, Onions, Carrots; Oliva Bella Oil, Rosemary, Salt, Pepper Cranberry Sweet Potato bake (w/Walnuts) Vegan Cornbread (Cornmeal, Water, Grapeseed Oil, Baking Powder, Salt) Traditional Cornbread w/Bacon Grease Cinnamon Honey Rolls With Pecans (and Local Honey!) Oatmeal Cookies w/Walnuts & Cranberries Jack's Mother's Christmas Cookies: Candied Fruit, Walnuts, Dates, Dark Chocolate Chips

A small warm group, with the perfect food combination: Chicken Vegetable Soup Chili Salad: Apples, Feta, Pepitas Salad with everything All Corn Muffins Vegetarian, contain dairy, gluten, sugar, corn Bonus warmth: one friend delivered a hand-made quilt to another friend. So beautiful!

November swept through Cornbread Supper with an amazing set of warm Mondays. Or perhaps not so amazing, given how fast our planet is warming. Part of the reason for Cornbread Supper's being is to connect and encourage, to build on our natural sense of community and our interest in belonging to each other, to our place. So even in the face of global warming, which feels a lot more pleasant in November than in August, we gather on Monday nights for conviviality, conversation, food, drink, and friendship. November's meals merged together in the pile waiting for entry, so we'll merge November 17, 21, and 28 here as well. Quinoa Chickpea + Sweet Corn Salad  Local Roasted Vegetables with Rosemary & Oil from Oliva Bella  Farmers Market Kale and Bacon  Sweet Potatoes w/Sorghum  Brussels & Parm  Granny Smith Apple Pie  Banana Cake  Four cornbreads: No Bacon/No Heat, Bacon/No Heat, No Bacon/Fourth Street Heat, Bacon/Fourth Street Heat  Vanilla-Fourth Street

What a big, beautiful, warm, delicious Supper this was! Perhaps everyone brought fine, strengthening food in anticipation of Election Day on Tuesday. Pumpkin Soup & Corn + Chickpeas Beef, etc.  Boone Creek Creamery | Yellow = Kentucky Derby; White = Blueberry Stilton  Sweet Potato Peanut Strudel  Kale & Feta Salad  Local Roasted Beets, Turnips, Sweet Potato, Onion, Garlic Herbs, Oil from Oliva Bella, Salt & Pepper  Sadistic Slaw  Boiled Peanuts (from the London Ferrell Community Garden)  Roasted Things (Turnips, Onions, Potatoes, Olive Oil, Salt, Pepper)  Husk Restaurant Recipe Cornbread  Husk Restaurant Recipe Cornbread with added HEAT  Plain Vegetarian Cornbread  Pumpkin Pie  Whipped Cream  Meyer Lemon-Vanilla Cheesecake Ice Cream

For this Halloween edition, we had a small group of hungry people, including a miniature, convincing Princess Leah, Harry Potter, and a magician. At the door, during supper, a few more spooks showed up, seeking sweetness, which was happily supplied. We ate: Whole Wheat Rolls, Weisenberger Mills Mixed Greens w/Onion & Bacon Cranberry Pie: Cranberries, Walnuts, BUTTER, Flour, Sugar, Eggs Local Beets, Turnips, Sweet Potato, Onion, Rosemary, Sage, Mushroom, Black Radish | Olive oil from Oliva Bella | Salt and Pepper Traditional Black Skillet Cornbread

We loved having the "carryovers" from a friend's grand retirement party! 4th St. Tomato & Herb Salad Tuscan Bean Salad with Parm & Maybe a tad bit too much garlic Mixed greens w/beries, walnuts, & feta Gumbo White chili w/chicken All cornbread tonight contains bacon | Smoky Bacon Cornbread | The Husk Restaurant Recipe (Charleston, SC)

Sadly, so far we have misplaced the photos from this fine evening. One big event: two people who went to junior high school together in Cleveland, one a Lexingtonian and one a visitor to Lexington, reunited, to their mutual amazement. Rice & Turkey Sausage & Basil Pasta with Pesto Fresh salsa (spicy) Lima Beans, Sage, Olive Oil, Salt, Pepper Spicy Pasta Salad - African spices Curried Squash Soup - yum! Local Pepper (Custard) Cornbread, vegetarian | Poblano/hotter on left | Not hot on right

Paige Prewitt's Spaghetti Squash w/Pesto (Blue Moon basil, Campsie garlic, Coop walnuts) | Vegetarian | Contains nuts Veg. chili / Tomato Bisque w/ Curry Not Your Mother's Waldorf Extra Crispy Roasted Sweet Potato, Beets, Black Radish, Onion, Garlic | Oliva Bella Oil, Salt & Pepper, Rosemary, Sage Brussels & Bacon Turnip Gratin Home Grown Peppers, mostly mild varieties | Please take home. Beets, sugar & vinegar Turkish Lentil Soup (vegex) (egg) Coconut Cornbread, vegetarian, gluten free, lots of coconut Mary Porter Pie from Stella's Organic Whipped Cream & Fruit Salad

Local roasted turnips, beets, sweet potatoes, onion, garlic, rosemary, tomatoes, Oliva Bella oil, salt & Pepper Whole Wheat Oatmeal Bread, Weisenberger Mills flour Pumpkin bread Tuscan bean Not your grandma's Waldorf Beet salad with cilantro & lime Sweet pepper potato salad (Three Springs Farms veggies) Czech peasant bread Black Bean Soup: Chicken Broth Traditional Kentucky Cornbread | Bacon Fat | No gluten Vegetarian Cornbread | no gluten | a little sweet

On a delightful just warm-enough night, after storms and rain, people sat on the front porch in droves, and kids played in the street and around the house, running, running. The food was so fall-like, rich and savory and still lightened by many fresh vegetables and fruits. Apple cabbage slaw with Asian dressing Local beans, tomatoes, basil. Oil from Oliva Bella. Various salt, pepper, vinegar. Chili w/beef Baba Ghanoush—London Ferrell Eggplant Beet Salad Pretzel Bites. Herb Greek Yogurt Dip Smashed potatoes w/basil pesto Honey Cornmeal Rounds Fall veggie bake: Spaghetti squash, roast tomatoes, onions, garlic, sweet peppers. Vegetarian. One food ID slip, discovered outside, along with some stuffed animals and other evidence of children at play, reads: choclltt Mellc!! 10002 ¢!!!

It's hard to say what happened to the summer of 2011, or at least to the detailed records of each Cornbread Supper. One thing that happened was that your note taker became preoccupied with a forthcoming book. Then there was a certain vacation. Cornbread Supper took place without a note taker by the wonderful graces of Cornbread Angels. People ate in a graveyard, romped on a goat farm, returned to the graveyard, injured no pictures. No food lists. So now we do what we do in these situations. What we do now is make one giant post with one giant list and good pictures. It's all Cornbread Suppers, and it's all good. We can say for sure that these foods were at the September 19 Supper: Polenta: Tomato, basil, cheese, eggs, etc. Jalapeño Cornbread: Local flour, jalapeños Local roasted beets, potatoes, mushrooms, garlic, rosemary, Oliva Bella Oil Black Bean and Corn Salsa w/Roasted Chiles (mild) Pastry with Pepper Jack Cheese (and apple slices) Beets, fennel, and

The small Labor Day crowd brought a lot of intensity and excitement to this holiday edition of cornbread suppers.  They also brought amazing food and drink.  We captured some of it on the little white the description slips. Roasted broccoli Black beans and rice, vegetarian Spicy potato mash, vegetarian, mild Country style Campsie beans (not vegetarian) Campsie beans vinaigrette (vegetarian) Potato salad Massaged table, mango, line, honey White beans, carrots, celery, country ham, bay leaf, pepper, salt; has salt pork Cornbread casserole: Weisenberger corn meal, Elmwood gift eggs, Kentucky buttermilk and cottage cheese, tapioca flour, brown rice flour, leavenings/salt, onions, chives, corn, tomatoes, green onions

Local tomatoes, beans, basil, Oliva Bella olive oil, assorted salt and pepper, vinegar Sweet potatoes, Lima, cilantro, cumin, Cayenne, Chile, and sea salt, oil Gorgonzola cheese, kalamata olives, pecans, garlic, olive oil Red lentil curry (vegan) Pasta salad: local garden veggies and black beans Pork!  Cubano style Israeli perl couscous, apples, corn, top with feta and or pine nuts Challah (Jewish egg bread) wise and burger local flower Hyper local beet greens sautéed in olive oil with sea salt and that's all Fine Cooking Magazine's Perfect Buttermilk Cornbread: slightly sweet, contains flour and dairy.  Vegetarian/not vegan Bacon grease/traditional Kentucky black skillet/hot water cornbread.  No gluten or sugar.  Not vegetarian, not vegan

Massaged kale with mango: lime, honey, pepper, oil, and maybe a tad bit too much sea salt Frittata -Johnson Avenue eggs and veggies Rice pudding lactose free Local beans, tomatoes, basil, olive oil from Oliva Bella, various salt, pepper, balsamic Campsie Yellow beans vinaigrette Eden's Gate CSA squash in " happy pig" fat with Parmesan Slightly sweet corn bread, gluten free, contains dairy and vegetarian Zucchini tomato casserole

Pickled cucumbers Lemon hummus :-> Local tomatoes, beans, basil, olive oil from Oliva Bella, exotic salt and assorted vinegars Caprese salad Quinoa (not vegan/veg chicken broth used) Tabouli Homemade kale/tomato pasta sauce All cornbreads vegetarian tonight; small ones plain; large ones fresh chives and black pepper Cornmeal cake with berries Homemade vanilla ice cream Homemade peanut butter cup ice cream

Hot & Savory Cornbread Bread Pudding, vegetarian, contains dairy & gluten Mild & Savory Cornbread Bread Pudding, vegetarian, contains dairy & gluten Local beets, potatoes, carrots, turnips, onions, mushrooms, sage, roasted in olive oil Oliva Bella Lemon Pesto w/a bit of parmesan (on pasta) Ice cream: spearmint from the garden, carob powder, vanilla, nutmeg, molasses, sugar, milk, cream Homemade peanut butter cup ice cream

Tatsiana McGee brought a beautiful soft green-and-yellow dish to Cornbread Supper on Monday, September 12, 2011, and it caused a mild Cornbread Sensation. Tatsiana graciously shares the recipe here. She says: I promised to share the recipe for Zucchini-Avocado Salsa. It's from the book "The Vegetarian Mother's Cookbook" by Cathe Olson. "This is a delicious alternative to regular salsa. It is great with chips or as a topping for burritos, tacos, or quesadillas. 2 small zucchini, diced (about 2 cups) 1 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels 3 green onions, thinly sliced 2 medium avocados, peeled, pitted, and diced 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice (about 1 lime) 1/4 olive oil 1 clove garlic, crushed 3 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro Dash Tabasco sauce Sea salt and black pepper to taste Steam zucchini and corn together for 2 or 3 minutes until colors are bright. Place in a bowl with remaining ingredients. (I usually let zucchini and corn cool down a bit be

Hybrid Indian/American Chicken Soup Coleslaw (Asian cabbage, turnips, apple oil&vinegar dressing Sourdough Kohlrabi Yum! Salsa Beans + Bacon Honey kissed carrots Fresh Georgia Peach salsa w/Lexington Cilantro & Onions Sharon Schilling's Corn Bread Backyard Garden Cole Slaw Squash Salad - Dressing Contains Walnuts Vegetarian Parmesan Polenta Nell's Organic Chocolate Cake w/Berries + Whipped Cream Homemade Lemon Ice Cream

Rice with Sausage Orzo Black Bean Salad Greek Fritatta Peas from 4th Street Potato Salad: Potatoes, Real Mayo, Salt, Dill Radishes, Turnips: Twofer Tubers Local Asparagus; Oliva Bella Oil, Exotic Salt & Pepper Garden Arugula, Radish & Dandelion Salad w/Dill Ham from hog raised on the Berea College farm and processed at Marksbury Farm Market in Garrard County Plain Vegetarian Gluten-Free Cornbread Vegetarian (Pretty Much Kentucky) Cheese Grits; CAmpsie green garlic pesto goes on top Sprouts, strawberries, pepita, sunflower, beet greens etc., lemon, maple syrup, whole grain mustard Kale & Kohlrabi w/Onion (not vegetarian) Greens, Turnips, Candy Onions, Walnuts, Dried Cherries, Balsamic, Agave, & Seasoning Salsa (may be spicy) Chicken Noodle Soup Kale & Lettuce Salad (grown in Lexington) with red pepper + carrot and pineapple orange vinaigrette Roasted Radish & Turnip Salad w/Local Dill Dressing Cabbage Cabbage & More Cabbage w/Some Other

Brussels Sprout Salad Grilled Lettuce (olive oil) + Blue Cheese Kenny's Cheese, Sharp Cheddar w/ Apple Pasta salad w/olives, peppers, sundried tomatoes, artichokes, feta & pine nuts Egg Salad & Matzohs Rice, Beans, & Herbs Confetti Corn Windy Corner Grain Salad Kohlrabe Slaw Beer Cheese: Flag Fork Herb Farm Beer Cheese Mix, Beer, Mayo, Chdr Cheese, Worchestershire Bread: Flour tortillas from Alex. Dr. Stone fried in Wesson Canola Oil + sprinkled w/tons Rosemary Garlic Seasoning Vegetarian Cornbread; Gluten Free Bacon&Sausage Corn Cornbread; Gluten Free, mostly Kentucky Mark Bittman's Sesame-Peanut-Cucumber noodles Homemade chocolate ice cream Strawberry Sauce - organic - made at farm camp today at Berries on Bryan Station Farm

Lots of beautiful food, and only five photographs here. Jalapeño-Cheddar Honey Cornmeal Round, vegetarian, heat level unknown Honey Cornmeal Round, vegetarian, contains gluten Frozen Homemade Yogurt w/KY Strawberries; contains unpasteuried cream, honey+berries, sugar Organic parsley potatoes Spinach cheese quesadillas Arugula, Sorrel, Lettuce, Parsley, Olives, Tomato Mesquite grilled vegetables w/couscous; has meat

Tonight as people left another wonderful Cornbread Supper, lightning flashed and the storm siren sounded. We keep in mind the many people in nearby states who have suffered unbearable losses when conditions like these have grown into monstrous storms and tornadoes. I checked my email after people had left, and found this message from friend Ann Beard Grundy, who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama: Do you think you could ask your network to consider helping out the storm victims in Central Alabama? My sister is an administrator at JCCEO, a major social service agency, and they are bombarded with the most basic of requests. We are speaking here of burial clothes, as families completely lost everything. Tax deductible funds will be used to purchase food, medicines, prescription glasses, etc. JCCEO Storm Victims Fund c/o Yoland Beard Reese 300 West 8th Avenue Birmingham, Alabama 35204 So yes, I'm asking my network, and asking you to share this forward on facebook and other

Two weeks in one post. Monday, May 9 required some cooling in the house, and featured a big spillover into the street. Monday, May 16 required heating, and featured people enjoying the wonders of hot red beans and sausage and spicy cornbreads. May 9: Curried Chicken Salad with yogurt, green onions, shallots. SPICY! Strata! Vegetarian Curried rice with raisins, cranberries, and almonds Rice Casserole Plain Cornbread (contains buckwheat, no gluten) vegetarian Savory Parsley-Sage-Rosemary&Thyme Corn Muffins: Vegetarian, No Gluten, KY meal, eggs, buttermilk, herbs Test Tasters: Bloomfield Farms Gluten Free Cornbread (mix) Pls rate or comment for Ouita Michel; vegetarian Garage-Grown Portobello Risotto -- Kind of Asparagus Local, Oliva Bella Oil, Salt & Pepper Rona's Yogurt Cheese Dip (local milk from Falmouth) London Ferrell Swiss Chard rolls w/beans, rice, and chorizo Wilted lettuce, bacon & eggs Pesto Cornmeal shortcakes; contain gluten and dairy Whipped

Cornbread is hot, and Cornbread Suppers seem to grow hotter as the weather warms up. Lots of people come, lots of young people circle in and about the grownups, creating a two-tier party that is deeply satisfying. So much beautiful wine and food, including these dishes, as described on little slips of paper by their providers: Vegetable Curry! Brown Rice! Cornbread. Cheese. Pork. Hot pepper. Plain, vegetarian cornbread Veggie cornbread w/many cheeses + black pepper Soda Bread Alu Gobhi Moroccan Carrots Spicy Sweet Potatoes, vegan Roasted local asparagus, Oliva Bella Oil, Salt & Pepper Edamame Mango Black Bean & Corn Salad Grape Salad Contains Nuts Broc. 'Gourmet' Chicken & Dumplings with cashews "Ragout" Chicken Noodle Soup Mac 'n Cheese 4th Street Garden Salad --> olive oil vinaigrette Cornbread - Chicago Style; Recipe HERE Tex Chocolate Buttermilk Cake Test Tasting: Yellow Cake (muffins) from Bloomfield Farms mix, with cooking

Sharon Schilling brought this tender, lightly sweet, oniony cornbread to her second Cornbread Supper in May, 2011. We immediately begged for the recipe and for information about its origin. Sharon replied that Bill Roche is a special person in her life, who "just tinkered around with my Mom's cornbread recipe, adding the yogurt one day bec we were out of buttermilk (now we only use yogurt), adding the onions bec he likes them, using local Wisenberger Mills products bec they are good.  I believe, we were on a motorcycle trip when we picked up the iron, 8-wedge skillet. I like the way it toasts all the sides. We usually serve with apple/rhubarb sauce (6 apples (at least 3 Granny Smiths) nuked until applesauce, 6-8 stalks rhubarb and 1/2 c sugar cooked on the stove until tender.)" Bill Roche’s Cornbread Dry Ingredients: 1 c each yellow cornmeal, white cornmeal, whole wheat flour  2 t baking pwdr 1 t soda 1 t salt ½ c sugar (use raw sugar) Wet Ingredients: 3 eggs

In honor of the venerable audio medium, radio, we'll forego our usual picture this week. For that reason, and also the fact that your documentarian got a bit caught up in getting Cornbread Supper underway while also talking with acclaimed radio journalist Stu Johnson of NPR affiliate radio station WEKU in Richmond, Kentucky. (Tr: I forgot to take photos.) Stu came by to talk about food, local food, gardening, food blogging, and really we don't know what all, because he talked with several volunteer Cornbreadians and the conversations could have taken any kinds of turns -- all good ones, we're confident. We enjoyed the hubbub of a good crowd, plenty of kids, and beautiful food, including ever more green and fresh offerings as the season unfolds. People brought at least these foods, transcribed from their food description slips: Onion-mushroom-cheese lasagna Lasagna w/beef & turkey Local Asparagus; Oliva Bella Oil, Salt & Pepper Greens! Carrots! Red Cabbage!

Here an intrepid young Cornbreadian wears both a bit of Supper and her mother's supper dish,  showing great promise in creating chapeau options that match her lovely bright eyes. (Used with permission.) Tornado watches (but no warnings) have added spice to several Cornbread Suppers this spring, including the April 11 edition. Your documentarian will blame this merged post on pretty much anything handy, including the weather, so! Herewith, a partial (quite partial, as some friendly helpers removed some of the food slips) list of foods at the April 11 and April 18 editions of Cornbread Supper, 2011. April 11: Hush puppies Not quite vegetarian hummus Cole Slaw, vinegar, celery seed Rice, lentils, raisins, almonds Traditional vegetarian cornbread Quinoa, Mango, and Black Bean Salad Peas & Feta Spread/Dip Beans w/Pork Veg. Beans Leek & Sorrell Cold Soup + Asparagus & Peas & Yogurt Country Ham & Black Pepper Cornbread Vegetarian Asparagus-Brie Soup (

Your documentarian forgot to shoot photos until all the people were gone and all the food cleared away, but the flowers, from the Campsie garden, remained fresh and crisp. On a dark, stormy night, with a tornado watch in effect, and with lots of families on spring break, intrepid Cornbreadians kept right on going, bringing food and drink, eating and drinking and talking, and playing with the two children who graced our meal this week. Irish Stew (lamb) Egg Salad Salad: Greens, Mango, Feta, Cashews; Dressing: Lemon Juice, Olive Oil Rosemary Bread Pine Mountain Settlement School Whole Wheat Bread Almost Traditional vegetarian black skilled cornbread Almost Traditional black skillet cornbread with pork drippings Swiss Chard Crisps Homemad butter (non-pasteurized milk) Oatmeal raisin/sugar cookies Banana Bread Bourbon Pie Lemon Almond Cornmeal Pound Cake/Upside Down Blueberries (nuts, gluten) Whipped Sour/Sweet Cream; contain unpasteurized dairy

Daffodils rescued during a light snow fall yellowed up the Cornbread Supper room on March 28 -- on a chilly clear evening when a bit more snow was forecast. Indoors, we had plenty of cornbreads and no-knead bread, and other good tastes: Corn-Potato-Bacon Chowdah: contains veggies, pork, dairy; not peppery hot Chick pea pastries; not pretty! Egg, cilantro, bread, yogurt & dressing Jicama Blood Orange Olive Oil & Vinegar Couscous - Fruits (apple, strawberry, cranberry) + nuts (walnut, almond, cashew) White Bean Salsa Chili Mexican Cheese Dip (has a kick!) Banana Bread Missy's White Chocolate [pie] Key Lime pie! (slightly ruffled)

For the first Cornbread Supper of spring, 2011 -- and probably it was our second anniversary doing Cornbread Suppers, though we thought of this a bit late -- we opened with the official Cornbread Supper bubbly, J. Roget Extra Dry, and kept rolling right through some fabulous salads and savory dishes, all supported by a quartet of Cornbreads. We had Traditional Kentucky Black Skillet cornbread in the REAL traditional format (pork drippings) as well as vegetarian. We also had peppery cornbreads, laced with 2010 jalapeños from the Campsie garden (and freezer), in both porky and veggie variations. And... Chleb (Czech Peasant Bread) Veg Medley: Potatoes, Asparagus, Bellpep, Onion, Garlic, Rosemary, Thyme Vegetarian Curry (Tofu) Basmati Rice Kalamata Gorgonzola Spread (Garlic, olive oil, pecans) Roasted Beet Salad w/Cocoa Vinaigrette: Goat cheese, cocoa, cocoa nibs, oranges; some lettuces are from Berea College

Wonderful cook Eric Huffer brought this to Cornbread Supper, and when another Cornbreadian requested the recipe, he kindly shared. This recipe is from the cookbook  Power Foods 1 tablespoon whole-grain mustard 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice(from 1-2 lemons) coarse salt 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon pure maple syrup 2 tablespoons sunflower oil 8 oz brussels sprouts, very thinly sliced 4-6 leaves Swiss chard or kale, or a combination, stemmed and thinly sliced (I couldn't find either the last time I made this and substituted beet greens and collard greens) 1/3 cup raw hulled sunflower seeds, toasted Stir together mustard, lemon juice, 3/4 teaspoon sat, and the salt: whisk in oil until emulsified. In a salad bowl, toss together brussels sprouts and greens.  Add sunflower seds and dressing: toss to coat.  Serve immediately.

Cornbreadian and super-cook Eric Huffer brings unfailingly delicious dishes to Cornbread Supper. This dip mesmerized quite a few people on the night of its debut, and Eric was kind enough to share the recipe. approx. 3 cups Sicilian Herb Green Olives, with their olive oil (we found ours at Liquor Barn) 10 oz. Goat Cheese 6-8 cloves of garlic 2/3 cup chopped pecans Place all ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth. It can be served immediately, but is best if it has been in the fridge for a few hours.

We promised -- and delivered -- daffodils for the tables for this Cornbread Supper, but to be present, the hungry crowd still had to brave  raw cold rain. So we lit some candles after all, in spite of the extra evening light we have gained thanks to yesterday's switch to Daylight Savings Time. A huge, beautiful salad from Berea College Farm , served with Balsamic Vinegar, caught the photographer's eye (and taste buds). The table boasted a splendid array of foods and wines, including these dishes: Veggie-rice Casserole w/Southwest flavoring Spicy Lentil Soup, Vegan Falafel (flour) * Yogurt Cuke Dill Dressing [good on the lentil soup, too] Meatloaf Gluten Free Cornbread Tahini, Garlic, Ginger Dressing, Salad: spin. Carrot, Red Cabbage, Onion, Sprouts, Rais Couscous w/Fruit & Nuts Chicken Salad Sweet Potatoes and Black Beans Soy Nuts "Edamame" Salted Blanched Asparagus w/Balsamic & Asiago Quiche Butternut Squash with Maple Syrup Rice Pilaf Onion

Regular Cornbreadian (and also designated Cornbread Supper Angel) Paige Prewitt brought Kale Chips to Supper twice in a row, causing the Cornbread Establishment to beg--beg abjectly, ladies and gentlemen--for the cooking instructions. Paige being Paige, we had a good idea there was no standard recipe involved, because Paige's wonderful food derives from her good cooking sense, applied to what she has on hand. So, a request for a Kale Chips Guide meant that Paige would have to write down what she does by instinct. And -- she did!! Here's the secret for these amazing vegetables-masquerading-as-snack-food. Thank you, Paige! Kale Chips 1 bunch of Kale - flat or curly 1 T olive oil (don't overdo the oil) 1 t kosher or sea salt (don't overdo the salt either) Cut the stem out of the middle of all the leaves. Tear the leaves into bite sized pieces. Toss with olive oil and a bit of salt. Bake at 350 degrees for 13-15 minutes. The curly kale varieties will take a l

A rare Cornbread Supper this week: No newcomers! Two tiers of experienced Cornbreadians enjoyed themselves. The first tier, the under 5-feet/under-12-years-old crew of adorable and adored young ones, ran happily around, under, and through the second tier of us older, taller people. Quite a few people took part in a video project about ice cream that's the responsibility of a relatively new Cornbreadian. We ate and drank (lots and lots of bottles of wine showed up, and were properly managed...) Veggie Curry Chili Kentucky Beer Cheese Creole Shrimp Rice Sundried Tomato Spread Fragrant Rice Potato Soup: Onions, milk, butter Oriental Soup with Chicken, Shrimp, Soy, Rice Noodles, and more Herbed Green Olive Goat Cheese Spread Blueberry Orange Bread & Lavender Butter Traditional Kentucky Black Skillet Cornbread: No gluten; vegetarian, contains dairy Berry Pie Baked Blackberry-Black Raspberry Cornmeal Dumplings: Contain gluten, dairy; vegetarian, no nuts; Wild Blackberr

Some new foods, some new favorites, and some familiar delights filled the table on this raw, cold February night. Kale Crisps flew out of their bowl, and Cornbreadians approved of the experiment in making a Savory Custard Cornbread. Stir Fry, vegetarian, with Seitan, Pasta, Onion, Sweet Potato, Ginger, Garlic, and Seasoning Kale Crisp: Olive Oil, Salt, Rice Vinegar Macaroni w/Spinach Sauce & Cheese Shredded Brussels Sprout Salad w/Sunflowers Cinnamon Raisin Brioche (from Good Foods) Savory Custard Cornbread (an experiment); Contains gluten, tomato, corn, sweet peppers, lots of KY ingredients; HOT on left; mild on the right Pound Cake w/strawberry-peach topping Frozen Fruit Dessert/Salad: Sour Cream, Cream Cheese, Lemon, Lime, OJ, Strawberry Preserves, Walnuts Homemade Ginger Ice Cream, Not Pasteurized Milk (KY!) Sorghum Butter

Although we have crocuses blooming -- at last -- it was not exactly balmy for the 2011 Presidents' Day edition of Cornbread Suppers. Even so, we cleaned the winter dust off the porch table and chairs, and lit the outside candle. Sure enough, out of the large crowd of Cornbreadians who came to Supper, quite a few made their way onto the porch for play and fresh air February dining. Monday holidays bring people to Cornbread Supper who have regular obligations on other Mondays. The mix keeps mixing, and is fine and invigorating. Or maybe that was the Kombucha and the delightful spices in this week's foods. Kombucha (fermented green tea) Kale, squash, white beans, onions, etc. Mac & a bunch of cheeses, peas & marjoram, tomatoes Chelb, peasant bread Roasted cauliflower w/Parmesan Traditional Black Skillet Cornbread (vegetarian on the right, animalian/pork drippings on the left) Sorghum Butter -- Unpasteurized Homemade Pastured Butter. Try w/cor

So that answers that question: Will people come to Cornbread Supper on Valentine's Day? Yes, they will, and they did, and they brought Kale Crisps that drew rave reviews, along with other good things, some listed below. One other notable fact for February 14, 2011: The gardening season officially began. We found two tiny sprigs of fresh Wayne County mint in the Campsie garden, and it went into a salad a Cornbreadian brought. So we are now officially eating from our own place again, eating fresh food. Pretty good for Valentine's Day. Organic Broccoli & Butter, Iodized Salt Gumbo Great Harvest Sundried Tomato Pesto [Bread] Split Pea Soup (Vegetarian) Local Cream Biscuits Scandinavian Winter Fruit Soup - vegan; Dried Fruits, Fruit Juices, Brown Sugar; Cinnamon; good with ice cream... Carrot Hummus Zucchini Bread Red Cabbage Noodles Homemade Hummus Sextuple Almond cherry Cornmeal Muffins (Safe for Children, though) Contain gluten and nuts Chocolate Walnut Cookie

Small cameras in the hands of an amateur documentarian cannot quite capture the magical snow that fell all this Monday, February 7, 2011. One friend posted on Facebook: "The snow flakes are coming down holding hands." Remarkable, beautiful day, capped -- or crusted?? -- with a fine Cornbread Supper. We lucky people now have access to Elmwood Stock Farm's brand new product, organic white cornmeal that they mill themselves, to just the right consistency. That's one result, above, also made with Elmwood's amazing organic, pastured eggs, and local buttermilk. Other tasty foods on this snowy night: Organic chicken sausage and chicken broth onion, celery, sweet potatoes Super Super Bowl Dip Soup! Lentils, Kidneys, etc. No salt. Chili w/beef Fresh Cavatelli w/Olive Oil & Parm; Lexington Pasta Couscous w/chili mango, cherries, cashews & feta Ground Beef, Broccoli, Cheese, Hash Brown Casserole Tofu-Mandarin-Sesame Salad Weisenberger White Unbolted C

This week, neighbor/graphic designer/radio personality/media guru Mick Jeffries shot video for a project he intends to submit to Lexington Film League' s Do-Ers Video Contest. And people brought wonderful food, kids played, adults talked, and a good time ensued all around, camera or no camera. White Bean/Andouille Sausage Chili: GLUTEN FREE, Cannelini Beans, Garrard County Pork (Andouille) Sausage, Tomatoes and Onions, Organic Chicken Broth, Granny Smith Apples Pepper Cornbread, vegetarian, med spicy? Vegetarian Baked Polenta w/veggies, homemade cheeses + Kenny's cheeses; gluten free Pepper Cornbread, vegetarian, FIERY? probably Corn and bean salad w/lime & cilantro (mildly spicy) Sesame Mandarin Salad w/Tofu Patrickamer's World Famous Tequila Lime Chicken w/Rice! Berea College Greenhouse's Greens w/Balsamic Vinaigrette Organic Broccoli Soup Black Beans, no meat, for rice Red Beans + Sausage for rice Peasant Bread (Czech) Just Cornbread Orzo, Goat Che

Green chili enchilada casserole; veggie, gluten free, spicy?? Kombucha Butternut squash, tomatoes, potatoes, fennel; vegan  Ham & Beans Apple-Walnut-Cran-Blue Salad w/Champagne Vinegar Avocado & Pea Guacamole Veggie Pizza Quinoa w/lentil sprouts, goat cheese, mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, green onions Spinach Salad with Orange Segments Home-Made Hummus & Pita Chips Lentil Soup w/veggie sausage and veggie broth Fontina d'Aosta Blackeyeds & Pintos w/country ham Venison Stew, whole wheat pasta Turkey Vegetable Soup Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding

Bitter outside, packed and sweet inside: that was January 10, 2011. One of the largest suppers ever filled 250 Campsie with standing diners, and sent seated ones most of the way up the front hall steps. Fun! Some of what we enjoyed, from the food description slips left behind:  Chili Meat + Cashews Reed Valley Applesauce canned with love Chicken Veggie Soup Potato Salad Guac: cilantro, onion, tom, lil heat Spicy Rice: Veggie friendly Liver Paté Rice and Jerk Chicken Pimiento Cheese  Apples, Cinnamon, Butter, Maple Syrup Mushroom Bean Deer Sausage Chili Broccoli Cauliflower Peanut Salad SPICY Pumpkin Enchilada Casserole with Green Chili Cilantro Salsa; vegetarian, gluten-free Bacon-Cheddar Cornbread Pudding. no gluten Black Bean Brownies On January 17, after a wonderful MLK Day -- one of Lexington's best days each year -- about 35 people gathered, many of them people who cannot come regularly on Monday nights because of classes or other activities that were not held

The reddest of red soups. The greenest of green salads. The sweetest of sweets on the dessert table. And underlying everything, plenty of cornbread. That's how Cornbread Suppers went during the 2010 year-end holidays. Smaller crowds in late December, followed by a whopper supper to launch the brand new baby year, 2011. For December 20, we had these left-behind food description slips: Baked Artichoke Dip; contains dairy Roasted Potato; herbs, some heat Hummus Baba ghanouj Local turnips, sweet potatoes, onion, garlic, carrot; Oliva Bella oil; Exotic rosemary, salt, pepper Chicken pot pie Turnip greens + onions + peppers Kentucky traditional black skillet cornbread Linda Blackford's Green Tomato Pickle from the London Ferrell Garden, and from her great-grandmother's recipe Snappy vegetables Meyer Lemon/Almond Brittle David Lebovitz's Chocolate Crack Cookies (almondy goodness) Homemade chocolate and peanut marshmallow fudge Banana nut cookies; ginger