Posts Tagged ‘The Gift of Southern Cooking’

Very Good Chocolate Cake

By Kim Morgan • Jun 19th, 2009 • Category: Desserts, Recent Posts

 

This “Very Good Chocolate Cake” recipe has been marked in my cookbook- as a must do for almost a year. It took a birthday request for chocolate cake to actually move me to make it. I have not hidden from you, the fact that I am not a big chocolate fan and prefer a Coconut [...]



Breakfast Shrimp for Supper

By Kim Morgan • Jul 9th, 2008 • Category: Grace Notes, Seafood & Fish

This post has been a long time coming this week. I have a new daily schedule which includes 8 to 10 hours at a new job. Despite my petitions to the Office Angel in Heaven after the Gingerbread Lady passover, apparently my file has been put in another folder, mis-filed again or simply overlooked. [...]



Peach Cobbler

By Kim Morgan • Jun 6th, 2008 • Category: Desserts

When I think of Summertime desserts, the first thing that comes to mind is a Cobbler. I grew up eating Cobblers, though the version I am used to is different than the Southern version. To me the difference is not so much in the way the fruit is prepared, but in the way the top [...]



Coffee Jelly

By Kim Morgan • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Desserts

Savoring coffee just in the morning has turned into the afternoon of late. Adding a Coffee Jelly to the daily dose is probably not too smart and I know I shouldn’t have, but then how could I resist. Besides I was about to do something I had been meaning to for awhile; cut a recipe [...]



Some Really GOOD Southern Sandwiches on White Bread with Arugula Herb Mayonnaise

By Kim Morgan • May 7th, 2008 • Category: Bread, Chicken & Meat, Eggs & Cheese, Seafood & Fish

The best food that comes out of a hot oven is homemade bread. Well maybe not the best, rather a tie between all my oven favorites. Choosing a favorite would be just too hard as I like bread period-they all have their place in the kitchen and at the table. I grew up eating only [...]



Southern Banana Pudding with Angel Food Cake and Meringue

By Kim Morgan • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Desserts, Grace Notes

I don’t like Banana Pudding, never have liked it, till now that is. Hating to admit it, I think perhaps I may be somewhat of a picky eater. Learning to cook and eat Southern has required me



Honestly Good Crab Cakes with Lemon Glazed Sweet Potatoes

By Kim Morgan • May 4th, 2008 • Category: Seafood & Fish, Vegetables & Sides

It is quite probable that every seafood shack or fine restaurant from the Maryland Coast headed South to the tip of Florida claims to make a GOOD crab cake or the BEST crab cake. I have been lead down the path of trusting a waiters recommendation only to be disappointed far too many times.
This is [...]



Ginger Cakes for a Southern Tea

By Kim Morgan • Apr 16th, 2008 • Category: Desserts

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 [...]



Southern Chicken Asparagus Pecan Salad w/Honey-Lemon Bourbon Vinaigrette

By Kim Morgan • Apr 14th, 2008 • Category: Chicken & Meat

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 [...]



Tomato-Basil Soup & a Corn Muffin Bake-Off

By Kim Morgan • Apr 10th, 2008 • Category: Bread, Soups

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 [...]