Monday night I came home from work after walking from the train station in a gray, drizzly mist. I was damp, cold, and in a grumpy mood … so my first thought was to make comfort food. (Ok, no I lie … my first thought was a vodka martini. My second thought was comfort food!) [...]

For the first post of 2011 I’m going to jump right in with a recipe that’s not only a Southern tradition, but is a yummy AND healthy way to start the New Year. In the South, it’s a tradition to eat black-eyed-peas on New Year’s Day; it’s supposed to bring luck and prosperity. In my [...]

When I was a kid, I loved brussels sprouts.  I loved them just plain, boiled, and with a little butter on top.  I’m pretty sure it had something to do with my mom calling them “little cabbages”.  I was in love with miniature food I think – brussels sprouts were little cabbages, broccoli were little [...]

I don’t know if it’s the blight that everyone has talked about, spreading this far south, or if it’s been the cool weather, or what, but my farmer’s market has had a plethora of green tomatoes lately. And actually that’s fine by me because I love the tangy tartness of a green tomato – fried, [...]

Collard Green Recipe Collard greens are a uniquely Southern food, I think. Most people who aren’t from the South (or haven’t lived here a while) don’t really know what they are, even if they’ve heard of them to begin with. Usually non-Southerners approach collards with suspicion, if not outright fear, visions of some overcooked, slimy [...]