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Kara's Sights and Bites: Let’s retire the word ‘casserole’
By: Kara Kimbrough I’ve said it before but it bears repeating: casseroles get no respect. For some reason, the dishes that gained...
Nov 6, 2024


Kara's Sights and Bites: 24 hours in New Orleans: Action-packed visit culminated with moving museum experience
By Kara Kimbrough N On paper, spending a mere 24 hours in New Orleans doesn’t compute. There’s so much to see and experience in a...
Oct 30, 2024


Kara's Sights and Bites: New Orleans trip highlighted by trip down memory lane to Galatoire's
By Kara Kimbrough It started out as a 24-hour trip solely to tour the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. While the museum...
Oct 23, 2024


Kara's Sights and Bites: Crocktober heralds the start of fix it/forget it meals
By Kara Kimbrough I’ve never understood why Crockpots are used more in the fall and winter months. I understand that cooler weather...
Oct 9, 2024


Kara's Sights and Bites: Search for pound cake recipe stirs up pleasant memories
By Kara Kimbrough I’ve shared my love of pound cake before. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that I recently spent a few...
Oct 2, 2024


Kara's Sights and Bites: Ending Souptember on a delicious note
By Kara Kimbrough It’s been entertaining, to say the least, to watch grownups bicker on the internet this week over whether or not...
Sep 25, 2024


Kara's Sights and Bites: Our ancestors were healthier and here's why
By: Kara Kimbrough Here’s a sobering thought. The overall quality of life of Americans living in the previous century compared to...
Sep 18, 2024


Kara's Sights and Bites: Fall - and my favorite comfort food - is on the way!
By Kara Kimbrough The advent of fall is still a couple of weeks away. However, that hasn’t stopped me from looking through my recipe...
Sep 11, 2024


Kara's Sights and Bites: It's not too late for one last summer vacation
By: Kara Kimbrough Just like the old adage that white shoes can't be worn after Labor Day, there seems to be a misconception that...
Sep 4, 2024


Kara's Sights and Bites: Never forget: Red Lobster gave us Cheddar Bay Biscuits
By: Kara Kimbrough It’s always a sad day when a longtime restaurant closes, especially one that gave us a genuinely good menu item that...
Aug 21, 2024


Kara's Sights and Bites: Retro foods can (and should) be revived
By Kara Kimbrough Just when I thought I’d seen it all, an online group of over 250,000 fans of Carnation Breakfast Bars has joined...
Aug 14, 2024


Kara's Sights and Bites: Summer survival tool: the Crockpot!
By Kara Kimbrough As much as we’d like to be able to enjoy hearty bowls of chili, gumbo, taco soup and beef stew year-round, it’s just...
Aug 7, 2024


Kara's Sights and Bites: Recipes I almost didn’t try
By Kara Kimbrough I have no shame about sharing this: I often peruse social media sites when looking for recipes that: A. I haven’t yet...
Jul 31, 2024


Kara's Sights and Bites: 30 minute meals make summertime cooking doable
By: Kara Kimbrough Overheard in the supermarket: “ I don’t cook anything with more than five ingredients!” I waited for the inevitable...
Jul 24, 2024


Kara's Sights and Bites: Dak’s ‘home,’ BBQ, books, sports and shopping await in Frisco, Texas
By: Kara Kimbrough Elements of home in the form of Mississippi State University alum Dak Prescott’s large presence in the Dallas Cowboys’...
Jul 17, 2024


Kara's Sights & Bites: 48 hours in Grapevine: ‘Christmas Capital of Texas” is the perfect getaway
By Kara Kimbrough Describing the unique features and sights of charming Grapevine, Texas in a few hundred words is an impossible task....
Jul 10, 2024


Kara's Sights & Bites: Three new things to love about the Mississippi Gulf Coast
By Kara Kimbrough I've always loved the Mississippi Gulf Coast for its unending natural beauty stretching as far as the eye can see…among...
Jun 26, 2024
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