Stove Top Method – Slow Cooker Method – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Method This 15 Bean Soup with Ham and Sausage is a hearty and delicious recipe that makes great use … Continued

Ambrosia Macaroon Cookies are a new and delicious twist to the traditional festive Southern Christmas cookie.  These cookies are a traditional quintessential cookies baked in most southern kitchens during the Christmas … Continued

Southerners swear by their traditional Southern sweet tea and drink it by the gallons.  In the Southern states, ice tea is not just a summertime drink, it is served year … Continued

Belle’s 8-Layer Chocolate Torte Cake Recipe, also know as Stack Cakes and Layer Cakes, are a traditional Southern recipe where the cake can vary anywhere from this 8-layer cake up to 17 … Continued

Boiled Peanuts – the Southern Snack Food Boiled peanuts are a traditional snack food in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, northern Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi (I have heard that Texans … Continued

Cheese Straws Recipe Cheese Straws, whether made from scratch or with store bought puff pastry, are a versatile and welcome addition to afternoon tea, the cocktail hour or as an … Continued

  Chess pies are a Southern specialty that has a simple filling of eggs, sugar, butter, and a small amount of flour. ome recipes include cornmeal and others are made … Continued

Southerners love their Coca Cola Chocolate Cake! Marshmallows and soda pop may seem like odd ingredients to use in a cake, but in the South, they are the real thing. … Continued

But I have never tasted meat, nor cabbage, nor corn, for beans, nor fluid food on half as sweet as that first mess of greens. By James T. Cotton Noe … Continued

In the early 1800s, people from the Bahamas began migrating to the Keys.  These immigrants were called conchs because of the sea snail they like to eat of the same … Continued

  Shrimp and Grits are a favorite dish in the “Low Country” of South Carolina and particularly in Charleston.  For decades, shrimp and grits have been considered a basic breakfast for … Continued

    History of Cuban Sandwich, Cubano Sandwich    Photo courtesy of Tony Hernandez III of Mr. Cubano, authentic Cuban Sandwiches, in Cape Canaveral, Florida     The Cuban sandwich, … Continued

You will love this delightful and easy-to-make Florida Key Lime Pie.  Key West, Florida, is famous for it’s fabulous dessert and considered the official pie of the Florida Keys.  It … Continued

    Fried catfish is considered a quintessential southern dish along with southern fried chicken, sweet tea, and hushpuppies.  Once considered the “food of the Poor,” chefs around the country … Continued

  An ambrosia is considered a type of fruit salad, usually with mixed fruits.   What make this Grapefruit Ambrosia Recipe unusual is that it is made with grapefruit.  Great for … Continued