Beast + Barrel is a gastro smokehouse and bar located on Chattanooga's North Shore serving creative drinks and a simple, elevated menu in a cozy atmosphere. It's been almost three years since Beast … [Continue reading...]
Beast + Barrel
Slow Cooker Pork Shoulder & Peach-White Wine Sauce (Plus Instant Pot Adaptation)
Slow cooker pork shoulder with peach white wine sauce is so easy and delicious, and it will give you tons of leftovers to make into other tasty dishes! Instant Pot pressure cooker instructions … [Continue reading...]
Fiesta Mexicana (Hixson, Tennessee)
Fiesta Mexicana is a Mexican restaurant located in Hixson, Tennessee. They offer standard Mexican fare in a nice, spacious environment. So, Chattanooga had a mini snowpocalypse last weekend. Okay, … [Continue reading...]
Perfect Creamy Potato-Leek Soup
This creamy potato-leek soup is warm, rich, and flavorful but so simple (only 6 ingredients!) and easy. It may become your favorite soup! Potato soup has been one of my go-to comfort meals since I … [Continue reading...]
Top 16 Restaurant Posts from 2016
I didn't quite make it to a "reviewable" restaurant last week, but here are your 16 favorite posts from 2016! Let me know if there are places that I need to review that I haven't been yet. Thank you … [Continue reading...]
Cream of Mushroom Soup with Swiss-Parmesan Toast
With mushrooms, rice, and a little bit of sherry and milk, this homemade cream of mushroom soup is easy and comforting. Swiss-Parmesan toast completes the meal! When I started writing this blog, we … [Continue reading...]
Baked Brie with Pecans and Honey Mustard
Baked brie with pecans and honey mustard is one of the easiest appetizers that you can make for entertaining, but it's still elegant and delicious. So, I'll admit it. Forty is creeping up in the … [Continue reading...]
Wine Down Ooltewah
Wine Down is a wine bar in Ooltewah, Tennessee that also has a great beer list and fantastic lunch, dinner, and brunch menus! I've been meaning to go to Wine Down for a while now. Actually, for the … [Continue reading...]
Peppermint Black and White Cookies
Peppermint black and white cookies are easy to make, delicious, and gigantic. They're a great addition to your holiday baking regimen! I've had some sleep issues for several years now. It's not … [Continue reading...]
Dominica’s Caribbean Kitchen
Dominica's Caribbean Kitchen is a restaurant in Hixson, Tennessee, serving fresh and delicious Caribbean cuisine in a friendly environment. A few months ago, I met my friend Becky (who writes A … [Continue reading...]
