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Southern Fried Chicken: America’s Ultimate Comfort Food. And Mine.

As I've mentioned before, ours was a family of modest means. But my father worked hard to see that we were able to afford some of life's nicer things. An occasional dinner at the "Log House" after Sunday's church service was one of the more pleasurable of them. And one of my life experiences I […]

Spratt Rockwell

Thanksgiving: A Day of Feasting, Reflection and Thanks

Although raised in modest, humble surroundings, my childhood was filled with happiness and more than my share of blessings. While we didn't always have the luxuries of life, my father worked two and sometimes three jobs to make sure we had all the necessities. And my stay-at-home mom seemed to have an uncanny knack for […]

Sweet Potatoes

Yam or Sweet Potato?

Almost all reddish-orange fleshed tubers eaten in the good ole’ US of A are sweet potatoes—not yams.

Coffee cup

Coffee Snob

Okay I admit it, the “best part of waking up” is not Folgers in my cup. It is not that I don’t like coffee, nor do I have anything against Folgers. Quite the contrary. Not only do I love coffee, but I am an official Starbuck’s Gold Card carrying coffee snob. And I rarely, if […]

Pawpaw Bread

This wonderful fruit bread is made from the largest edible fruit native to North America.