Southern Specialties and Regional Ingredients

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 is a Southern take on a staple of Italian Winter Home cooking — Pumpkin and White Bean Soup (Zuppa di zucca …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

An online search for Alabama barbecue sauces returned almost exclusively white sauces. This is quite odd, there is such a thing as an Alabama Red BBQ sauce. This search result …