Well, you knew there had to be a southern food museum somewhere, and there is! A great one! Celebrate the food culture of the South by checking out The Southern Food & Beverage Museum online, or by visiting them in person in New Orleans! The Southern Food and Beverage Museum is a nonprofit living history […]
“Southern baking is not only a way of survival: it is an expression of love, empathy, and celebration. Food brings families together at mealtime, celebrates the gathering of communities at traditional “dinner on the grounds,” consoles friends when a loved one dies, and offers topic for conversation at holidays. It represents the resourcefulness and ties […]
Thanks so much to the wonderful site Vegan Bliss from the Organic Goddess – promoting Veganism in Atlanta – this is new southern baking! (originally published March 2002, in Co-options, the newsletter of Sevanada Natural Foods Cooperative in Atlanta, GA. http://www.sevananda.coop ) I come from a long, proud line of biscuit makers. My mother’s mother […]
Just looking at the photo of this layer cake makes me salivate. I wonder If I have the patience to create something with this many layers! If I do, trust me, I’ll post about it…right after I eat it! THREE LAYERS? WHY BOTHER? Martha Meadows of Slocomb, Ala., with her little layer cake with boiled […]
Now here’s a project we can get behind, considering it’s entirely based on pastry (both the good and the bad): “Pastriology,” a feature documentary by Alexis Krasilovsky. SYNOPSIS: Pastriology takes a global view of the perils and pleasures of pastry. How can something that can make you sick and even kill you be such a […]
Today, our hungry eye is on a coffee shop in Atlanta owned by our friend Maria Moore-Riggs, an extraordinary Southern baker! Coffee and treats sweeten Sweet Auburn Market Cafe Campesino, which turns out fresh muffins, scones, and cookies daily By C.W. Cameron (For the AJC) The popularity of a neighborhood coffee shop often has as […]
Pecan-Cornmeal Butter Cakes The New York Times April 20 Dining section has a great story about the flowering of restaurants in Durham, North Carolina (Durham, a Tobacco Town, Turns to Local Food). When I lived there in the 1970s, the food was great, but the range of cookery was nowhere as bountiful as it is […]
And old pal from childhood, Chris Ellinger, agreed to offer up his secret recipe for strawberry shortcake. According to Chris: “There’s a hundred versions of strawberry shortcake. Some use those store bought sponge cakes, some use lady fingers, some just use regular cake. These are all WRONG! You are cheating yourself if you don’t make […]
As far as we’re concerned, there is nothing better than Southern style baking. That means breads, biscuits, pies, cakes and cookies. The South is a big place, and its foodways have influenced people all over America – all over the world for that matter. While we will celebrate traditional Southern baking in a big way […]