Summer Sippin’ and a Cookbook Giveaway Winner (Recipe: Ginger Peach Sweet Ice...
The summer weather in the Deep South is great fodder for complaining. It’s hot and humid and sticky and steamy and miserable. And mosquitoes just about take us off. We constantly talk about it being...
View ArticleIn the Beginning,There Were Blackberries (Recipe: Blackberry Cobbler)
It started with blackberries that grew by the railroad track in Geneva, Alabama just down the street from my grandparent’s house in the Cotton Mill Village. I spent a lot of time during the summer...
View ArticleSummer Berries (Recipes: Blackberry Lavender Vinegar and Vinaigrette)
My love affair with my favorite summer berry, blackberry, is being fed a full course dinner this summer. The vines in my backyard generously yield daily harvests of the purplish-black fruit. A post...
View ArticleFrozen (Recipe: Frozen Fruit Salad)
Heat and humidity create an affinity for all versions of frozen food: ice cream, popsicles, ice box pies, sherbet. You don’t need to look far to find a Southerner who has a grand tale to share about...
View ArticleHerb and Parmesan Grilled Corn
It’s as hot as blue blazes in the deep Deep South. We’re whining already and it’s still May. Year after year, we whine about the heat of summer. Year after the year, the heat of summer comes upon us....
View ArticleSpicy Fried Summer Vegetable Medley
Fried okra and fried green tomatoes. How we love them! I swannee, they’re gifts from above. It’s a treat for enduring all that comes along with their season. Summer in the Deep South is no joke....
View ArticleSummer Berry Salad
My family has a deep abiding love of fruit salads. We usually include berries in a fruit salad but today I decided on a salad devoted exclusively to berries. A simple Summer Berry Salad is a...
View ArticleSummer Garden Tomato Sauce Pasta
I don’t take my kitchen garden for granted. It’s a blessing to have the space, climate and inclination to grow vegetables, herbs, fruit, berries, and flowers. The love of planting and growing was...
View ArticleButtermilk Ranch Cucumber Onion Salad
Cucumbers are regular visitors at my table during the summer. If we don’t have them in a salad, I set a plate of fresh sliced cucumbers and tomatoes on the table at most meals. In addition to a...
View ArticleSouthern Field Peas and Okra
Summer in the Deep South is hard on our bodies and spirits. The oppressive heat and humidity makes us wonder if we’re going to make it out alive. As miserable and grumpy as we get about the weather,...
View ArticleSouthern Summer Vegetable Casserole
Southern summers, especially Deep South summers, bring on weather conditions that seem downright intolerable at times. But those same conditions that try our souls, bring forth a bounty of delectable...
View ArticleGinger Peach Sweet Ice Tea
The summer weather in the Deep South is great fodder for complaining. It’s hot and humid and sticky and steamy and miserable. And mosquitoes just about take us off. We constantly talk about it being...
View ArticleIn the Beginning,There Were Blackberries (Recipe: Blackberry Cobbler)
It started with blackberries that grew by the railroad track in Geneva, Alabama just down the street from my grandparent’s house in the Cotton Mill Village. I spent a lot of time during the summer...
View ArticleSummer Berries (Recipes: Blackberry Lavender Vinegar and Vinaigrette)
My love affair with my favorite summer berry, blackberry, is being fed a full course dinner this summer. The vines in my backyard generously yield daily harvests of the purplish-black fruit. A post...
View ArticleFrozen (Recipe: Frozen Fruit Salad)
Heat and humidity create an affinity for all versions of frozen food: ice cream, popsicles, ice box pies, sherbet. You don’t need to look far to find a Southerner who has a grand tale to share about...
View ArticleHerb and Parmesan Grilled Corn
It’s as hot as blue blazes in the deep Deep South. We’re whining already and it’s still May. Year after year, we whine about the heat of summer. Year after the year, the heat of summer comes upon us....
View ArticleSpicy Fried Summer Vegetable Medley
Fried okra and fried green tomatoes. How we love them! I swannee, they’re gifts from above. It’s a treat for enduring all that comes along with their season. Summer in the Deep South is no joke....
View ArticleSummer Berry Salad
My family has a deep abiding love of fruit salads. We usually include berries in a fruit salad but today I decided on a salad devoted exclusively to berries. A simple Summer Berry Salad is a...
View ArticleSummer Garden Tomato Sauce Pasta
I don’t take my kitchen garden for granted. It’s a blessing to have the space, climate and inclination to grow vegetables, herbs, fruit, berries, and flowers. The love of planting and growing was...
View ArticleButtermilk Ranch Cucumber Onion Salad
Cucumbers are regular visitors at my table during the summer. If we don’t have them in a salad, I set a plate of fresh sliced cucumbers and tomatoes on the table at most meals. In addition to a...
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