R.B. got to be today’s lucky food segment guy on Nashville’s Channel 5 Talk of the Town with the effervescent Lelan Statom. It’s TOTT’s first time back on the air since the first of May flooding in Nashville. With a newsroom that had been under water, Channel Fivers worked out of halls, closets, corners. The [...]
R.B. Goes Live With Cheater Fork Chops
May 11, 2010
December 17, 2009
We first recommended Shrimp Cocktail Salad for a holiday dinner. It also make a great crisp, cool, quick supper.
September 21, 2009
Here in Nashville, we’re at the center of a spiderweb of interstates that lead to just about any kind of regional barbecue. Go east on I-40 toward North Carolina and Virginia. Go west to Memphis, Little Rock, Oklahoma and Texas. Catch I-24 toward St. Louis, turn west to Kansas City or take I-24 southeast down [...]
August 1, 2009
Lamb pops on a hot grill are sit down fancy or stand-up casual.
July 24, 2009
There’s a great Mediterranean place in Nashville called Kalamatas where Maher Fawaz and his family and staff serve beautiful, delicious food. We click on his website just to hear the song because it really puts you in a Zorba dance groove and makes you crave anything stuffed into a pita. Maher even smokes the eggplant for [...]
February 20, 2008
Judging from the spaghetti sauce aisle, homemade tomato sauce is over. Not at Cheater Chef it isn’t. Our tomato sauce tastes like tomatoes and sweet onion, not like tinny tomato paste, and has a delicate pinkish hue. The recipe combines good canned tomatoes, onion, garlic, and a healthy dose of olive oil, which may startle [...]
Get tips for making perfect skillet cornbread. It's the only bread to serve with summer fresh vegetable suppers. 
