Ramps Potato Cake
In creating this Ramps Potato Cake I varied from the traditional Southern potato cake. The traditional Southern cake is more like a pancake with flour and mashed potatoes. For this …
Southern Specialties and Regional Ingredients
Southern Food has its own place in American culture. Complicated no doubt with the South’s history, at its best it brings up images of hospitality and close-to-the-farm cooking. It is those aspects I focus on. You will find a focus on local ingredients from areas I have lived for years. Specialties like Vidalia Onions, Appalachian Ramps and, of course, barbecue sauces.
Stage Plank Cookies
Stage Plank Cookies are a snack and a Southern story with flavor and a back history. As an adolescent, as was common in my small Southern town, I worked summer …
Homemade Fried Okra
There was a style of Fried Okra I grew up with that seemed to have little relationship to the over-breaded restaurant and meat and 3 dishes available elsewhere. This style …
Roasted Vidalia Onions
Roasting brings out all the glory of Vidalia Onions and a long roast brings about a caramelization of the sugars that occur naturally in the onions. In my Roasted Vidalia …
Sweet Potato Grits Spoonbread
Very Southern ingredients assembled with a bit of flare. That is how I think of this Sweet Potato Grits Spoonbread recipe. Whipping egg whites as you would do in a …
Georgia Candy Roaster Soup with Beans, Collards, and Bacon
Georgia Candy Roaster Soup with Beans, Collards, and Bacon is a Southern take on a staple of Italian Winter Home cooking — Pumpkin and White Bean Soup (Zuppa di zucca …
Georgia Candy Roaster Squash
Georgia Candy Roaster squash is a variety cultivated by the Cherokees in the southern Appalachian Mountains in the 1800s. It is now listed by the Cherokee Nation and Slow Food …
Southern Pecan Tart Recipe
Traditions remain, but times change. While the love of Southern Pecan Pie remains, the lighter taste of Pecan Tart fits today’s appetites. This Southern Pecan tart is derived from the …
Blackberry Dump Cobbler
In the Southern hierarchy of fruit Cobblers, the dump cobbler may be the lowest of the art form. But it doesn’t stop it from being delicious and should bear no …
Ramps and Bacon Salmon Burgers
I make these economical Ramps, Bacon, and Salmon Burgers with leftover bits and pieces: ground salmon, bacon ends, and Ramp roots (after the desirable greens are used otherwise). The ramps …
