I call this dish a cobbler, but I know that description can be controversial. I served this dish to my family, and as the spoons scraped the plates, a discussion came up about what is a cobbler exactly. We each described different types of dishes, and went through all the other names for similar dishes – grunt, buckle, crumble, slump, betty…When the plates were clean and the … [Read more...] about Blackberry Cobbler with Bourbon Sauce
Southern specialities
Comeback Shrimp Salad
Comeback Sauce is, according to my research, a specialty of Jackson, Mississippi. It apparently originated in Greek restaurants and is now found on restaurant tables all over the city. It really hasn’t made its way up to Memphis, but as you meander through the Delta, you do find in on some restaurant menus. That’s where I discovered it. And of course it shows up in … [Read more...] about Comeback Shrimp Salad
Sweet Tea Pecans
I don’t know that I have ever attended a holiday party where there wasn’t a pretty little bowl full of seasoned nuts. Sometimes a silver or cut crystal bowl, sometimes shaped like Santa or a Christmas tree, usually on the bar or an end table. And there are always people hovering around, picking up one or two nuts, but eyeing the bowl like they want to plunge their hand in and … [Read more...] about Sweet Tea Pecans
Fresh Corn Buttermilk Biscuits
I like books about people who do things. This summer I have been reading the Little House on the Prairie series, and boy do they do things. Make their own clothes, their own food – even their own house. I have a list of books I have enjoyed that detail the work of women in the kitchen, baking bread, tending gardens, canning produce, collecting their own … [Read more...] about Fresh Corn Buttermilk Biscuits
Blackberry Sugar Pie
If you scroll through the Sweets section on The Runaway Spoon, you may notice a host of very simple pie recipes. Because I think pie is a perfect dessert, for the cook and the consumer. The variety of wonderful things that can be packed into a pie crust is extraordinary. And with little effort, you have a comforting treat that is sure to please. Once you master a simple pie … [Read more...] about Blackberry Sugar Pie
