Fall = Applesauce!
Fall is in the air… well kinda sorta, now that fresh North Carolina apples are making their debut at farmers’ markets! And with that, comes comfort foods, like applesauce. Who […]
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Speaking of tomatoes, fried green ones…
A few years ago while food styling and creating recipes at Our State Magazine, I had the opportunity to create some “sauces” for Fried Green Tomatoes! We Southerners know summertime
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Squishy Fig Gingerbread… oooh la LA!
It’s no new news that I’m not the baker. I can do it when need be, but all that chemistry of proper measurements annoys me… I’m not particularly into tedium,
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Peas, please… field peas, that is!
We do love our field peas here in North Carolina! Pea shelling meant life lessons for me as a little girl… oh, if we could only turn back the clock to those days.
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…sweet summer corn salad with honey-citrus dressing
Corn…. here, there and over yonder! Oh, the delicious time of summer is here in all its golden glory, and I don’t know about you, but I just can’t get.enough.CORN!
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Wendy’s Dilly Swiss Tomato Pie!
’tis pie season. Tomato Pie Season! As House Chef, food stylist and recipe developer at Our State Magazine for 5 years, I often prepared and styled recipes from church and
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A backroads adventure…. the clothesline
A backroads adventure…
clothes·line ˈklōT͟Hzlīn/
{-noun- a strong, narrow rope, cord, wire, etc., usually stretched between two poles, posts or buildings on which clean laundry is hung to dry.}
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Beat the heat with this Green & Gold Okra Summer Salad! No cook’n here….
Published in Carolina Country Magazine Summer 2018 Well I don’t know about where you are, but here in Eastern North Carolina, we’re in the middle of a ridiculous heat wave….
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Toasted Sesame Cucumber Butter Spread
Cucumbers… such a simple thing that can be enjoyed in so many ways! You’re just going to love this toasted sesame cucumber butter spread/dip… a fun outdoor gathering recipe
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***Happy 80th Birthday Krispy Kreme!***
One of North Carolina’s finest, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, is turning 80 today! And THAT, my friends is cause for celebration. Those of us lucky enough to have grown up with
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…gone to the dogs! Homemade “Frosty Pet nICE Cream” treats!
Four years ago today, my sweet Speagle Chamblee crossed the rainbow bridge. As I sat here looking at our pictures in this heat wave, and having seen a friend post
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Cheery Grilled Corn with Hoop Cheese & Bacon Dust
I know, I got you with BACON dust, right? Well then let’s add Cheerwine to the party too! Bacon doth make everything more better, and on my “Cheer”y
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