
Turkey Croquettes
THERE’S HARDLY A SOUTHERN ANTEBELLUM COOKBOOK that does not include at least a few croquettes, made with everything from chicken

THERE’S HARDLY A SOUTHERN ANTEBELLUM COOKBOOK that does not include at least a few croquettes, made with everything from chicken

WITHOUT QUESTION, THE ORGANIC TURKEYS RAISED on large farms in eastern North Carolina are the tenderest, sweetest, most succulent in

OF THE MYRIAD STYLES OF DRESSINGS THAT Southerners make to stuff a turkey for roasting (cornbread and apple, oyster and

WHEN MISSISSIPPI-BORN CRAIG CLAIBORNE USED TO come to my home for Thanksgiving dinner, the first words he’d utter at the

NOBODY IS MORE SOUTHERN THAN MY SISTER, AND when I complimented her on the “Indian” chicken dish she once served

ALTHOUGH I WAS SERVED THIS SIMPLE BUT beautifully flavored dish at a colleague’s home in Atlanta, it’s the sort of

AT FIRST I CRINGED WHEN MY HOSTESS IN NASHVILLE said she was serving a more modern, much “healthier” chili that

BEING FROM NORTH CAROLINA, THE SWEET POTATO capital of the South, I found it hard to admit that the relatively

A CORRUPTION OF THE WORD CAPON? A REFERENCE to a certain army officer involved in the Savannah spice trade in

Properly made, chicken and dumplings is one of the true glories of authentic Southern cookery, a dish fit for both