Cajun Maque Choux
May 30, 2023
STILL ANOTHER SOUTHERN DISH SHROUDED IN mystery is this simple Cajun concoction, which can be traced back three hundred years
STILL ANOTHER SOUTHERN DISH SHROUDED IN mystery is this simple Cajun concoction, which can be traced back three hundred years
IS SOUTHERN SPOONBREAD A PUDDING, A CUSTARD, a casserole, or a veritable bread? Should it contain baking powder, salt, and
WHEN I LEARNED YEARS AGO THAT THE FAMOUS Virginian chef Edna Lewis seasoned her corn pudding with a little vanilla
SOMETIMES CALLED “CORN OYSTERS” IN SOUTHERN coastal states, since they can resemble fried oysters, corn fritters have been a staple
TO DINE AT THE REMOTE COLONIAL INN IN HISTORIC Hillsborough, North Carolina, when I was a student at the university
OFTEN MADE WITH A HEAVY, CLOYING, CANNED commercial syrup and covered with sickening melted marshmallows, candied sweet potatoes have earned
NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MIGHT PRODUCE more sweet potatoes and pecans, respectively, than any other states in the South, but
IT SOMETIMES SEEMS THAT EVERY FORMAL DINNER buffet I attend, from Maryland to Arkansas, includes what are commonly called “party
EVERYBODY THINKS OF MAKING MASHED POTATOES with milk, cream, half-and-half, or sour cream, but only in the South will you
SOUTHERNERS LAY CLAIM TO SCALLOPED POTATOES as if the French gratin dauphinois never existed, but it’s only recently that we’ve