My style is to tell a story eventually weaving it into a recipe or two. But today, I am breaking tradition and getting to the point right away. The featured chicken leg swimming in sweet butter in today’s post is gone. No it did not drown, even though it appears to be drowning in butter. [...]

We have already established that I am so not a meat and potatoes kinda person. But how about meat and grits? Slowly, I am being broken into eating Southern. Just when I think I have myself all figured out. You know, the what I will and what I won’t eat scenario, I surprise myself. Okay, [...]

Asparagus are in abundance now. I am grateful for this. They are on the top of the vegetable list for me. Not being able to wait till Sunday to sample the asparagus I purchased from the farmers market. I quickly sauteed a few stalks trimmed of their tough ends having cut them into two inch [...]

It appears that there are three Southern towns that swear they are the home of the original Brunswick Stew. This is no small matter to joke about either. Brunswick Stew is serious business in the South. And can you blame them? If your home town was famous for cooking a stew made with squirrels and [...]

Leftover Easter ham like leftover Thanksgiving turkey are prized at my home and for good reason. A good sandwich made with the remnants of holiday trimmings is one of the best parts of a holiday celebration. Ultimately though, after a few days of a good ham sandwich we become weary of the same food [...]

There is nothing like Mom’s Meatloaf or so I thought….and no you are not crazy. No you are not seeing things. Yes, this is my second post on meatloaf. Well not actually. This is just my second post talking about meatloaf. We are not going to eat another meatloaf. For that matter my husband will [...]