Hi mom, I won’t be by till after seven tonight to pick up Peri. ( Peri is my daughter’s Springer who comes to see me and Scout every day.)
That’s fine as I should have dinner made by then, join us. I am making Fried Chicken Salad with Buttermilk Dressing.
Thanks mom, but I am beat. Will [...]

Food is a funny thing. Our relationship to it is well, quite telling of our relationship to the world. At least for me it is. Cooking teaches me a lot about myself. Sometimes, that means learning something or seeing something that I don’t really want to see. Sometimes though, if I watch myself from the [...]

A cool windy spring day is the quintessential accompaniment to these Small Cakes along with a cup of hot tea or coffee. I have had my eye on these cakes for quite some time now, and only yesterday decided to make them at the spur of the moment. My house was filled with the warm [...]

It is only March and I have already made my first batch of preserves from freshly picked fruit. Yep, fifteen 8 oz jars in total. Eight of which are proudly displayed in my pantry. This is a sign to me that I am going to have a good year; the crops are coming in, 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 [...]

Southern Baked Eggs with Cream & Bacon are on the menu today for Sunday Brunch. For clarity A Yankee in a Southern Kitchen post was written almost two weeks ago when the circumstances in my life were much different than they are today. That being said, I am most grateful for the early morning wake-up [...]