by Jerry | Feb 4, 2019 | Bread and Quickbread, Breakfast and Brunch, Comfort Food, Holiday Favorites, Quick and Easy, Recipes, Regional Recipes, Side Dishes, Southern Cooking, Texas, Vegetarian |
If you’ve followed along with this blog for any length of time, you’ll probably know that I’m the California born son of a very Southern family. We didn’t eat the same kinds of food at home that most of my native Cali born friends did. We had...
by Jerry | Feb 13, 2017 | Appetizers and Tapas, Bread and Quickbread, Comfort Food, Holiday Favorites, Pork Recipes, Recipes, Regional Recipes, Side Dishes, Southern Cooking, Texas |
Sausage dressing is a staple at Southern tables, and not just around the holidays. I’ve used this recipe (or variations of it) to stuff Turkey, chicken, cornish hens, pork chops, and bell peppers. It goes with almost anything. It’s simple to make, and can...
by Jerry | Jan 18, 2017 | Appetizers and Tapas, Comfort Food, Holiday Favorites, Pork Recipes, Recipes, Southern Cooking |
A few weeks ago I was flittering around Pinterest and I stumbled on a pin for sausage balls. If you can believe this, I’d never heard of them. Not once. Ever. I showed the picture to my wife, who has heard of these little gems. She immediately launched into...
by Jerry | Oct 26, 2016 | Holiday Favorites, Recipes, Regional Recipes, Side Dishes, Southern Cooking |
Like most families, we saw each other mostly on holidays, and the order of the day was, of course, the food. Roast turkey in particular, with homemade cornbread stuffing (or cornbread dressing, if that’s what you want to call it.), though there would of course...
by Jerry | Mar 20, 2016 | Appetizers and Tapas, Comfort Food, Gluten Free, Quick and Easy, Recipes, Regional Recipes, Side Dishes, South American, Southern Cooking, Texas |
As a former Californian and a current Texan, there are few foods in the world that scream warm weather like a heaping dish of cool, refreshing, chunky guacamole. (Pico de Gallo also goes on this list.) It’s one of the first things put on your table in most good...
by Jerry | Feb 7, 2014 | Breakfast and Brunch, Comfort Food, Quick and Easy, Recipes, Regional Recipes, Southern Cooking |
White gravy is a staple in every Southern household. Everybody claims that their Mom or their Grandma makes the best gravy in the world. (They’re all correct, by the way. Every one of them.). This is how my mother and my grandmother made their white gravy, and...