I adore boiled peanuts. They’re salty, spicy, delicious, and a bit of a litmus test. You say you don't like them? Then you must not be from around here. I can accept that boiled peanuts aren't a universal favorite, I guess, but why are some people so dismissive of...
Unlike foie gras, veal tartare, and the still-beating hearts of cobras, as delicacies go, there is nothing controversial about pimiento cheese. The only question at all is whether it’s good or bad. Bad pimiento cheese is, of course, an abomination, but good piminto...
The other day I heard someone say that they don’t like watermelon. Now I can’t for the life of me remember who it was--maybe I’ve blotted them from my memory altogether? I mean, who ever heard of such a thing? I adore watermelon, I always have, and I assume you do,...
Looking around, you might think it’s impossible to have a party on the Gulf Coast without some sort of cocktail shrimp. And, heck, maybe it is. All I know is that I serve some sort of toothpick-able shrimp, with or without a dipping sauce, at parties all the time. And...
Oooooh! Ooooooh! Have I ever got a dandy recipe for you! But first, let me explain: A while back I ran across a recipe I very much wanted to try. It was a whipped ricotta dip with rosemary for bread and vegetables. So quick and easy, I just knew it would be right up...
As of May 17, 2021, approximately 1,304,684 U.S. service men and women have died defending freedom since 1775. That number is approximate (at least in part) because we only have round-number estimates for the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. This Memorial Day...
You’re welcome! I’m about to tell you a little about these marvelous chicken legs, including why should you make them today, and why you should save the recipe forever, and why you ought to make them all the time going forward. I mean, obviously, of course,...
I know y’all are all starting to think about what to serve for Easter dinner. After a year of Covid-19 seriously cramping our holiday style, I am ready for a big Easter feast. And I’m willing to bet that we’ll see a fair amount of Easter/Spring/Renewal celebrating...
Drip beef, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love the way I can fling a measly few ingredients into the slow cooker and then wander off, oblivious. I love the way you cook yourself--with absolutely no help from me--for hours and hours on end. I love the way...
It’s not too late to make this quick and easy fudge!
There are so many ways to use fresh citrus in season, plus the easiest and best Cranberry Orange Relish!
These pickled shrimp are based on an old recipe recounted by Mobile’s Eugene Walter, who, among an astonishing array of other things, wrote the southern food cookbook from Time-Life’s famed Foods of the World series. And when I say an astonishing array, I mean it. He...
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