southern cooking

Southern cooking

Hello:I am looking for a good Southern (U.S.A) cooking website. Any recommendations?

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Sweet Potato, Okra, and Chickpea Gumbo

With okra, as with most things in life, size does matter. When you're talking okra pods, smaller is better—tender and tasty. Let them grow too big and they become tough and woody (bad for a...

Oven-Fried Green Tomatoes

Summer is the season when I feel the most Southern. Delicacies that I can find only at farm stands and farmers' markets a few months out of the year--juicy peaches, ripe tomatoes, tender summer...

Ridiculously Easy Roasted Yellow Squash and Onions

When I was growing up, my mother probably made some variant of this dish and I probably ate it, dutifully and without really tasting it. That all changed a couple of years ago when I sat down to eat...

Apple-Pumpkin Delight

Butter Bean Soup with Portabellas and Wild Rice

Apple-Pumpkin Delight

What if you love pie but don't like crust? Strange as it sounds to me, I have a daughter who doesn't like crust--on bread, on pizza, or on pie. Her aversion is not a big deal because she can always...

Garden Gumbo

Even the best cooks can't work their magic without good ingredients. I like to think I know my way around a kitchen, but I can say with certainty that without fresh ingredients, my cooking would be...

Peach Upside-Down Cake

No long introduction to this recipe, folks. I could talk about how it's peach season and the sweetest, juiciest, not-quite-local peaches come from Chilton County, Alabama. Or I could travel down...

Confetti Cornbread

During the summer, one of my most frequent meals is "fresh from the farmers' market": fresh peas, some greens, and cornbread. By "peas" I mean one of the many varieties of field peas available here...

Southern-Style Banana Pudding

A few weeks ago, E. and I had lunch together at a local restaurant that serves "Southern Style" food. At the end of the meal, E. spied the dessert cart, which contained, among other tempting dishes,...