As soon as fall weather looks like it is approaching, my cooking mentality changes. Warm comfort food is called for and nothing symbolizes comfort food as much as a Southern Chicken Pot Pie.
To qualify as a Southern Chicken Pot Pie, two things are needed. The first is an Old Hen. Good luck on that one! [...]

As the summer bounty of fruits and vegetables are slowly coming to an end. I find myself preparing as many dishes as I can, cooking and baking with my favorites. I also find myself, continuing to schlepp my bags back and forth to work even though it is too hot to schlepp anything except myself [...]

Whipping up a few dishes using ground meat is easy if I were cooking anywhere but the South. Coming up with a Southern recipe was a challenge and luckily, I found a grand solution to my soon to expire meat dilemma-a curried meat custard dish called Charleston Hobotee.

The South is full of hidden and almost [...]

Well it’s about time. All this talk about a Tomato Pie and it took me over a week to deliver. I am pleased to report that the delay was worth it. I think you will be thrilled with one of these versions of a Tomato Pie. Yes, to complicate matters there are three versions of [...]

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 [...]

Apparently, these Pecan-Cheese Biscuits are the backbone of any respectable Southern cocktail party or afternoon tea. This is easily understood, once you have had the pleasure of trying one. These biscuits are rich and buttery with just a hint of cayenne pepper,and still small enough not to be heavy or burdensome.
You would think that having [...]