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Posts tagged “Southern cooking”

Recipe: Benne Wafers
Guest Post from Tim Mazurek of Lottie + Doof

This Northern cook is obsessed with Southern food. Fried green tomatoes, grits, pimento cheese, vinegar pie, buttermilk biscuits and hummingbird cake, I like it all. Southern food, like all traditiona...

Regional Specialty: Brunswick Stew

Although residents of Brunswick, Georgia, and Brunswick County, Virginia, both claim to this recipe as their own, we can probably all agree that it is the quintessential recipe for lean times. It's a ...

Tip: How To Make a Brown Roux

A good, slow-cooked brown roux is the cornerstone of many Cajun and Creole dishes. Cooking it so that the roux browns slowly without burning is half patience and half practice-makes-perfect. Here are ...