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Slow simmered bean soups to keep you warm in the winter months and some great cornbread varieties.
Christmas Gifts from the Kitchen
Great Christmas recipes to share with those you love for the holidays - cookies, candies, and more!
Culinary Kudzu Cookbook - a Review
A review of the wonderful cookbook, Culinary Kudzu, by Keetha DePriest Reed.
Gettin' Ready for Thanksgiving
All types of dishes that no Thanksgiving can be without!
Darlene's menu for an all adult Halloween party.
Cabbage - Recipes Straight From the Garden
Great recipes for cabbage, including cabbage rolls, cabbage soup, hamburger and cabbage stew, fried cabbage, a sausage and cabbage skillet dinner, and corned beef and cabbage. You'll never look at plain ol' cabbage the same way again!
A complete menu plan for your Labor Day festivities, featuring barbeque ribs, pork roast, potato salad, cole slaw, baked beans, corn-on-the-cob, iced tea, and lemon icebox pie.
An essay intended to remind us all that loyal opposition is an American tradition and that striving for creative solutions for world peace is a noble and worthy goal.
Cornbread, Hoe Cakes and Hushpuppies
Traditional as well as quick and easy cornmeal-based side breads to accompany any meal.
Sweet and savory quick breads that are perfect for the chilly, blustery days of March!