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Category Archives: Southern food
A Cornbread Confession
Bread is the most basic and satisfying of foods, rightfully called “the staff of life.” While loaves, buns, rolls, baguettes and all the rest are wonderful, still I’m a Southern girl. And that means Southern-styled quick breads like biscuits and … Continue reading
A Mean Mess of Greens
Collard greens are one of those foods I learned to appreciate only after I got grown. I’m not sure why I didn’t like them as a child, although I suspect it had something to do with their odor, which I … Continue reading
Posted in Hungry Passport, Southern food
Tagged collard greens, collards, greens, ham, hamhocks, hard-boiled eggs, pot likker
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Good Luck for the New Year: Pass the Black-Eyed Peas!
I’m not sure where this thinking comes from, but Southerners have long held that chowing down on a serving of black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day is essential to the coming year’s good luck. I had a college roommate who, … Continue reading
Posted in Hungry Passport, Southern food
Tagged black-eyed peas, ham, hog jowl, New Year's Day, Southern food, watermelon pickle
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Keeping a Slightly More Southern Kitchen in 2012
After spending so much time and blog space eating and writing my way around the globe, I’ve decided to shine a little light on the foods of my native South, The Old Country, as I sometimes call it (not the … Continue reading
Posted in Hungry Passport, Southern food
Tagged American South, pepper vinegar, Southern cooking, Southern food
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