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Ashley D / April 1, 2012

At least one night while we’re home in Savannah, Bo and his mom spend the day together grocery shopping and then designing and cooking a delicious and often very complicated meal. Each trip is more fun than the next as we all sit around their kitchen cooking, laughing, and enjoying wine together.

This visit, the dish was their take on the famous Southern dish, shrimp and grits. Their Fish and Grits recipe combines multiple recipes from some of Mimi’s favorite cookbooks.

Below the photos I’ll provide you with the recipe, as given to me by them, with links to the other recipes or cookbooks where the recipes can be found. Due to copyright laws, I can’t cut and paste these recipes or type them out so hopefully you can put them together and create your own delicious fish and grits meal. 123

Also a little word to the wise that I learned last night, don’t add too much liquid to your grits or you’ll be stuck stirring for 30 minutes over a hot stove!

Bo & Mimi’s Red Snapper Fish and Grits

Make grits according to Susan Mason cookbook. Notes: When making grits only use real yellow grits and often it is recommended to use a mix of fish stock and water to increase flavor.

Use the Bouchon Cookbook’s recipe for the red snapper and fish stock.

Use the Sauce American recipe from Balthazar cookbook.

Serve with greens on the side. If you are truly interested in making this recipe and want a clearer recipe, email me and I’ll have them translate it!

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ashleyd / December 26, 2011

A Two Family Christmas

Many friends and readers have asked how Bo and I manage two families during the holidays.

It is not always easy even though we are both from Savannah.

This year, however, we both feel we’ve done pretty well so far. We did our best to discuss our thoughts with both families ahead of time so no one was confused or hurt. This year we did Christmas Eve with Bo’s family and then spent Christmas Day with my family.

Christmas Eve

After enjoying the Christmas Eve service at Isle of Hope Methodist church, we stopped by a neighborhood cocktail party for drinks and socializing with some of the Diamond’s close family friends.

Afterwards, we returned home for a late evening of dinner, lots of wine, and presents!

Dinner was a group activity as Bo and his dad grilled the meat and Meg finished off the mushroom risotto while Bo’s mom was the master mind behind it all! Everything was delicious and a wonderful way to spend the holiday together.

Christmas Day

After a cup of coffee with the Diamonds, we headed over to my parents’ home 20 miles away. We’re lucky that it’s only a 20 minute trip which allows us to go to and fro between the houses easily. We enjoyed Christmas breakfast before diving into the presents! Mom and I prepared easy stick buns, scrambled eggs, bacon, and fruit for Christmas brunch! (Pictures to come later as they are on my other camera.)

As you can tell from my face, I wasn’t sure how long the gift giving process would take. We’ve always done gifts one at a time so each person can appreciate it but this year it took almost two hours!

After the present fun and completing our virtual holiday 10k, Bo and I returned home to help with Christmas dinner. This year, the weather didn’t work in our favor, and therefore we weren’t able to fry a turkey. Instead, the boys smoked a turkey in the infamous Green Egg and enjoyed a random array of sides. Each person was able to make one request this year and it resulted in a random but delicious array of flavors and dishes.

These poor boys were in and out of the rain and wind for over two hours smoking the turkey. Meanwhile, inside the rest of us enjoyed a few glasses of delicious wine and a cheese plate.

My favorite part of the meal was enjoying two cookies which only come along once per year, peanut butter blossoms and and Mrs. Battin’s cookies. I’ll share the Mrs. Battin’s cookie recipe in my next post!