Shrimp Creole (Featuring Classic Creole Sauce)
If you’re from the Gulf Coast chances are good that, like me, you were introduced to Shrimp Creole at an early age, and you know perfectly well how it’s supposed to taste. In my case, fast forward a few decades: I’m working on a menu and recipes for a new Creole...
Tiny Batch Strawberry Preserves (only three ingredients!)
Thank heavens strawberry season has arrived here on the Gulf Coast, because this is the horror I woke up to this morning: What you’re seeing is--at most--ONE English muffin’s worth of homemade strawberry preserves. Until a few years ago I was just fine with grocery...
Salmon Croquettes with Mustard Sauce
All the home cooking going on this year seems to have sparked a renewed interest in an old Southern staple, the salmon croquette. I’ve seen them recently on cooking shows, I’ve participated in more than one Facebook discussion about them, and even Roy Blount, Jr. was...
Black Bean Enchiladas with Salsa Fresca
Black Bean Enchiladas have been a staple at my house for my entire adult life. I learned to love freshly made Tex-Mex food at the original Winslow's Cafe in Fairhope, Alabama, when I was a kid and I've never looked back. It would be years before we got an actual...
Drip Beef, Plus a Quick and Easy Ragù
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...

