Big Dude's Eclectic Ramblings

Since I’ve made this recipe before, I normally wouldn’t post it again but I wanted to show off my new pan.   We have two 12” skillets and a ...

I’d mentioned in an earlier post that Bev, Pat and I were all celebrating BD’s with our trip to Townsend and Cindy's friend, Ernie, also...

Cades Cove Loop Road One of our desires for the Townsend trip was to drive around the Loop Road in Cades Cove and hopefully see some wildli...

When I first moved to Tennessee, we made regular evening drives around the Cades Cove Loop Road in the Smokies to see the wildlife (mostly d...

Prior to our trip to the Foothills Milling Company , we hadn’t seen friends, David and Laurie, for quite sometime and wanted to catch up so ...

When I saw Maria's recipe for protein heavy Oven Roasted Chicken with Potatoes and White Beans   on her "Two Peas & Their Pod...

There are very few fine dining restaurants in the Maryville area and we hadn’t eaten at any of them until now.   I was shocked when I discov...