Some excellent food moments on this all-too-brief trip to our house on the bay. As always, the best fried shrimp on the planet was at the Owl Tap Room. Gary’s Oyster Bar added some new stuff to their menu (Jer had shrimp, grits, sausage and greens) but I stuck with my standby shrimp and mahi…

The house is full of my mom today. The cinnamonny smell of her candied sweet potatoes, the herby aroma of her stuffing. I miss her a lot, but her presence is real at our table.  I’ve always told my food and politics students to sit down with their parents and grandparents and write down the…