I’m not exaggerating about it being the best. This is the kind of ham that spiral hams only wish they could be. It’s super cheap, full of flavor, requires two ingredients and there will be leftovers for other meals. It’s another Kirksey family favorite. I’ve always made bone-in hams because I use the bone later […]

I suppose this morning of all mornings I have the right to wax nostalgic. It was, after all, two decades ago almost to the minute that I was born to motherhood. A state of being that altered my existence beyond my imagination and forever changed the shape of my heart. Six pounds, eleven ounces of […]

As I get older, I find I’m having moments where little snippets from my childhood are coming back to me at random moments. My dad was such a goofball, and had a million little things he said that made us all laugh–at least the first 150 or so times he said them. Those little “Ralph-isms” […]