
Mississippi Smothered Chicken
I’VE HAD DELICIOUS “SMOTHERED” POULTRY AND game in Kentucky and Creole Louisiana, but when it comes to smothered chicken, Mississippians

I’VE HAD DELICIOUS “SMOTHERED” POULTRY AND game in Kentucky and Creole Louisiana, but when it comes to smothered chicken, Mississippians

WHAT MAKES MANY SOUTHERN CHICKEN POT PIES different from all others is not only the use of a full flavored

THIS RECIPE COMES FROM A BLUE-BLOODED FARMING family in Tuckerman, Arkansas, who are as well known for their political parties

ALTHOUGH MARYLAND FRIED CHICKEN IS A TOTALLY different culinary concept from traditional Southern fried chicken, it certainly qualifies as one

SOUTHERN COOKS HAVE BEEN BANTERING OVER FRIED chicken ever since Mary Randolph proffered the first (and, in many respects, still

WHY PEOPLE GET SO WORKED UP ABOUT COOKING good fried chicken is a real mystery to Southerners, and quite frankly

WHEREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA NO PORK BARBECUE restaurant worth its peppery vinegar sauce would serve “que” without a little Brunswick

AT NATCHITOCHES, A SMALL TOWN IN CENTRAL Louisiana, black locals used to sell meat pies from carts on the street

NEVER ONES TO SHY AWAY FROM ORGAN MEATS LIKE most other Americans, rural Southerners relish sweetbreads (the thymus glands of

OVER THE YEARS, I’D SAY I’VE BEEN TO MY SHARE OF gracious garden parties in Mobile, Alabama (perhaps the most