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food + cooking
The South’s Storied Chess Pie
Jean Anderson shares a slice of history—and her recipe for this sweet and simple dessert
03.14.12
food + cooking
A Five-Star Gas Station
Jean Andersonvisits Saxapahaw General Store in a North Carolina textile town that’s reinventing itself
02.01.12
food + cooking
Gourmet Live: For the Love of Mayonnaise
Rick Bragg sings the praises of this key condiment in Southern food—and shares some surprising uses for mayo, including his mother’s mashed potatoes
11.03.10
food + cooking
I’m One of the Aces in the Business
Over and over, I would hear stories of Biloxi fishermen getting out of the water, doubtful of the future. But Frank Parker’s got no worries.
09.01.09
- Keywords
- fishing,
- biloxi,
- mississippi,
- southern u.s.,
- francis lam
recipes
Braised Bacon Carolina Rice
It’s pretty hard to upstage bacon, but if you get your hands on some heirloom Carolina Gold rice, that’s what you might end up doing.
October 2009
- Keywords
- pork,
- southern,
- edward lee
food + cooking
Before the People and the Po’ Boys
Before I felt a Southern welcome, before meeting and eating with people filled with rich stories, all I knew of Biloxi was that it was a disaster.
08.25.09
- Keywords
- biloxi,
- mississippi,
- southern u.s.,
- culinary culture,
- francis lam
wine + spirits + beer
That’s the Whiskey Talking
Tennessee tinkers with its liquor laws, to good and ill effect.
08.13.09
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- whiskey,
- spirits,
- tennessee,
- john t. edge
chefs + restaurants
Antoine’s On Our Own Terms
Learning to love New Orleans’s most beloved dowager.
07.16.09
- Keywords
- restaurants,
- new orleans,
- southern u.s.,
- culinary culture,
- john t. edge
food + cooking
How to Trash a Great Recipe
A tale of kitchen downshifting, wherein a gratin begets a casserole.
06.17.09
- Keywords
- frank stitt,
- cooking + technique,
- ingredients,
- southern u.s.,
- john t. edge
food + cooking
The Celery Soda Chronicles
Chasing a pastrami sandwich with a can of Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray soda may be a time-honored New York tradition, but down South Eudora Welty drank her celery, too.
05.26.09
- Keywords
- soda,
- southern u.s.,
- culinary culture,
- john t. edge