Cornbread dressing, giblet gravy, turnip greens, creamed corn… I can’t help but get a little giddy anticipating the menu at that most-important meal of the year, which we will enjoy in just a few short weeks. If your family is like mine, the Thanksgiving menu hasn’t changed much in the last – well – for … Continue reading »
Ask any good Southern what their favorite food is, and the response will probably start with “my grandmother’s______.” For Jennifer Green, founder and owner of G’s Apple Dreams, her grandmother’s applesauce cake is more than a memory, it’s an opportunity. Growing up Jennifer and her sister would spend weekends at her grandmother’s farm in Irondale, … Continue reading »
This cookbook delivers on what the title promises – a big dose of Southern comfort, in both the dishes and in the personal story of the chef authors. Allison Vines-Rushing and Slade Rushing signed copies of their new cookbook at Pepper Place Farmer’s Market in Birmingham on Saturday, October 13th. Although these star New Orleans … Continue reading »
The Alabama Board of Tourism has declared 2012 the “Year of Alabama Food,” and there’s a lot of good eatin’ around the state to get foodies and just good eaters alike excited. Saturday morning at Pepper Place Farmer’s Market in Birmingham, James Beard Award winner and Iron Chef Champion Chris Hastings of Hot and Hot … Continue reading »
“I have heard it said that an inoculation to the sights and smells of the Carolina lowcountry is an almost irreversible antidote to the charms of other landscapes, other alien geographies. You can be moved profoundly by other vistas, by other oceans, by soaring mountain ranges, but you can never be seduced. You can even forsake … Continue reading »
To me there is nothing more pleasant than the feeling of heat radiating from your skin as the sun beats down, warming your body from the inside out until even your blood feels as if it’s coming to a simmer. People are always complaining about the heat in Alabama, especially in July when the highs … Continue reading »
There’s just something special about a perfectly ripe peach. When you first bite in, it’s slight fuzzy on the outside, and then your teeth sink into the soft interior as the juice squirts down your chin, and the sweetness fills your mouth, reminding you that it is another beautiful and delicious summer in the South. … Continue reading »
I remember going into the grocery store to look for my mom, after waiting in the car for thirty minutes, when I was seven. She had just run in for one or two things, and I thought surely she had died (or at least that’s what I said when she got mad at me for … Continue reading »
For as long as I can remember my family has been making the drive to Fresh Air Bar-B-Que for their pork and Brunswick stew. The restaurant was a welcomed stop on the trip between Macon and Atlanta that we made every holiday visiting family. It was that location along the highway that connected the two … Continue reading »
From strawberry jam biscuits to shrimp and grits and locally roasted coffee, Oxford, Mississippi, offers good eats worth the trip. March 22nd through 24th marked the 19th Annual Oxford Conference for the Book, a three-day event dedicated to celebrating reading, writing, and publishing, and featuring a number of noteworthy speakers. On this year’s schedule, “Cornbread … Continue reading »
