Bright and tangy lemon flavor meets luscious Southern chess pie goodness in Edna Lewis's Tyler Pie. Stir it together in a jiffy, and then celebrate Chef Lewis's culinary genius with pie-loving family and friends! Custard meets chess meets lemonade, with luscious results sure to win you all the praise! What is Tyler Pie? Tyler pie hails from ...
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Easy Buttermilk Pie
Wishing for the rich tangy goodness of cheesecake, but short on time to fuss? My Easy Buttermilk Pie uses only six ingredients, and gets stirred together with a fork. Made in minutes, it's what you need for your Thanksgiving celebration. What is Buttermilk Pie? Buttermilk Pie is an old-timer which was surely edged over to the ...
Blackberry Roly Poly for #summerdessertweek
Sweet, ripe, and juicy blackberries say Summertime, and this old-time favorite recipe shows them off beautifully. Blackberry Roly Poly is fun to say, fun to make, and fun to share at any summertime celebration! This post and recipe were created for #SummerDessertWeek! I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are ...
Southern Tomato Pie from Chef Ashley Christensen
Savory and satisfying, Southern Tomato Pie brings the smiles and why not? When you pile summer's ripe, juicy tomatoes, fresh basil, mayo, and gooey cheddar cheese into a buttery, flaky piecrust, people feel hungry and happy fast. Easy, cheesy, and simple to prepare, it's the best make-ahead party recipe I know. You bet it's on my go-to ...
Leeks and Cabbage
Want a big, beautiful bowl of green goodness, with a satisfying crunch and the power to light up almost plate? Meet leeks and cabbage. Good for you, economical, and a quick fix, but that's not why you oughta make it! Make it because it's simply delicious. Cabbage and Leeks, Leeks and Cabbage We love going to Crook's Corner, a ...
Black-Eyed Pea Stew: Lucky and Just Plain Good
If you can't judge a book by its cover, I'm in trouble, because this cookbook cover does me proud and shows my words and recipes in their best possible light. It's a photograph by the brilliant Leigh Beisch, of a cherished family recipe shared by my friend Heather Watkins Jones. Her family's black-eyed pea stew is hearty, delicious comfort food, ...
“Victuals” by Ronni Lundy ( say “Vittles”!): A Rich and Beautiful Cookbook
This handsome, eloquent, meditative and luminous cookbook came from the hands, heart, and mind of my friend Ronni Lundy. She wrote her heart out telling stories and making observations on her home region, the Mountain South. Much mocked, misunderstood, maligned, and marginalized over time, the complex and beautiful Southern Appalachian region ...
Turkey Bone Gumbo
If you've had a great re-do of yesterday's Big Turkey Dinner, and are on to Sandwiches and Turkey Salad, you may be in need of some inspiration. No better grander finale for Thanksgiving turkey to my mind, than the New Orleans/Louisiana standard, Turkey Bone Gumbo. Here's the version I came up with for my soups and stews cookbook, in the recipe ...
Deviled Eggs: The Party Perfect, People-Pleasing Food
Whenever I am starting a menu for a gathering at our home, be it dinner or snacks, family or company, sultry summer or chilly wintertime, the first thing on my list is deviled eggs. I love them, but I don't make them only for my own satisfaction. They are simple to make, beloved by guests of all ages, wonderful made ahead or at the last ...
Best Cookbooks of 2015: Nancie’s List!
I love cookbooks and could not begin to count how many I have in my kitchen and office, on my bedside table --- even a few in the pantry. Despite this abundance, I take pleasure in finding new ones, and wish I had more time to read them and cook from them each week. The year 2015 brought an exceptional number of new cookbooks and food books into ...
My Cookbook, “Southern Soups and Stews: More than 75 Recipes from Gumbo and Burgoo to Etouffee and Fricassee”
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! I'm thrilled and delighted to tell you about my new cookbook, Southern Soups and Stews: More than 75 Recipes from Gumbo to Burgoo and from Etouffee to Fricasee. It will be be published on Tuesday, September 8th by Chronicle Books. I've been working with Chronicle on cookbooks for more than twenty years, and it ...
Virginia Willis Lets the Light Shine In with “Lighten Up, Y’all: Classic Southern Recipes Made Healthy and Wholesome”
Any time my friend Virginia Willis writes a cookbook (or a blog post, or shares her recipes in magazines and newspapers, or appears on my TV screen, or at a festival, or on a panel, or at a podium), I know the world and I are in for a glorious treat. Virginia's comprehensive knowledge of all things culinary, from professional and home cooking to ...
Happy Pi-Day! 3-14-15 via Ronni Lundy’s Sorghum Pecan Pie
What a lucky week for me: I was pondering which pie to make in honor and celebration of National Pi Day 2015, and the answer arrived in my mail box. I received a review copy of the brand new book by my friend Ronni Lundy, entitled Sorghum's Savor. Published by University of Florida Press, this book lets Ronni share the story of this heirloom ...
Turkey Bone Gumbo: Leftovers as Pleasures and Treasures
Leftovers. A word with negative connotations to many, but not to me. To some folks, the fridge-filling presence of something as big and challengingas the rest of the Thanksgiving turkey, or remains of the ham, or a mostly-finished rotisserie chicken is a burden, but consider revising that attitude. I see such items as a head start on a brand-new ...
Pimento Cheese Crisps: “Pimento Cheese, The Cookbook” by Perre Coleman Magness
Just in time for holiday feasting, snacking, sharing, and celebrating, this smart, inviting new cookbook by my friend Perre Coleman Magness will be getting a workout all holiday season long. That will continue through the year, because it's not just for holiday occasions, but what a boon to have it here now. I've been enjoying ...
Black History Month Cookbook Round-Up: A Feast for Cooks and Readers
Throughout February, I've been celebrating Black History Month on my Facebook page, with daily postings of cookbooks written by African American authors. I got the idea from my friend Nicole Taylor, who is always cooking up something fine: Check her out at Food Culturist , My Black Journey, @foodculturist, Facebook page, and ...
Banana Cream Pie from Beth M. Howard’s “Making Piece” on Leite’s Culinaria
Last week we went to heaven --- not the one-way ticket concept, or the Rewards for Good Behavior concept, but the Heaven on Earth concept, and it was lovely all around. My friends Dean and Joe have a beautiful farm up past Scranton, Pennsylvania, with all the transcendant beauty of an old-school dairy farm and none of the work. We sleep late, sit ...
Dinner with “The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen”
Ever since I first heard about the Lee Bros. Boiled Peanuts Catalogue in which Matt and Ted Lee offer an abundance of Southern ingredients and foods both by mail order and online, I have been a big fan of Matt and Ted Lee. (About that catalog: It's simply wonderful. I adore it even though I live right here in the South. They actually ...
Shad Roe Southern-Style for Springtime #LetsLunch
What I was looking for was rhubarb, that rusty-red oddball harbinger of spring here in North Carolina. Planted in big patches out by the pathway to the summertime garden, rhubarb stalks poke up early and beckon cooks to make pies as a farewell to winter and "y'all come on in!" to the blossoming sunshine season sometime between mid-March and ...