Hot off the press out of the oven comes three miniature Coconut Banana Breads with a Key Lime Glaze. When I get a craving it usually sticks with me for a few days till I get my fix. This is why we have had Key lime cheesecake pops with toasted coconut, Carolina coconut rice and [...]

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, [...]

Tomato- Basil Soup served with a good Southern cornmeal muffin was the makings of an early Monday dinner, just in time for basketball. Tomato soup is a close cousin to ketchup in my husband’s mind. He was in the mood for his favorite soup as he was feeling a little under the weather from a [...]

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 [...]

What could I have possibly been thinking by ignoring Crispy Buttermilk Biscuits and Sugared Bacon all these years? I must have been out of my mind, well before menapause set in I confess. Thank God I have come to my senses.
Wanting to start off this chapter of my life with something special. I decided I [...]

My mothers signature meatloaf includes bacon layered on the top of her special sauce which crowns the meatloaf making it both moist and crispy at the same time. Serving the meatloaf with creamy scalloped potatos accompanied by brussel sprouts sauteed in olive oil with freshly shelled pistachios finished with a good squeeze of  lemon juice was delayed till last night because [...]