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Southern Kitchen – Watermelon Spring Salad

Though Spring seems like a distant memory, the heat has caused me to seek out something light and fresh from the Southern garden.  I’ve managed to find some really great watermelons this season and I was inspired by a delicious … Continue reading

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Southern Kitchen – Buttermilk Pound Cake vs The Original

As a stress cooker, I did my fair share of baking in college.  Most of my friends knew that an all night study session would inevitably be followed by an afternoon of baking stuff I couldn’t possibly eat, so they’d … Continue reading

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Southern Kitchen – Bacon Lettuce Tomato & Onion Ring Sandwich

It’s finally tomato season in the South.  The farmers markets are bursting with the colors of every heirloom tomato imaginable and your home garden is probably over flowing with tomatoes of all sorts.  There is nothing like the season’s first … Continue reading

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Southern Kitchen – Pralines vs Pralines

One of the easiest ways to travel (through space and/or time) is through food.  The tie between memory and taste is one of the most wonderful things about eating.  Because we reminisce about our grandmother’s cooking or we miss certain … Continue reading

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Yankee Challenge: Southern Fried Chicken

Have you ever noticed how, in the South, you’re never more than a mile from something resembling a fried chicken restaurant?  There is one on practically every corner.  We Southerners have a love affair with our fried chicken.  With an abundance … Continue reading

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