The Southerner's Handbook
How to Make Devilish Deviled Eggs
A kicked-up version of the classic
Party Bites
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Anatomy of a ClassicSwanee Bites: Pimento Cheese Straws
For a Georgia chef, the only thing better than a cheese straw is one stuffed with pimento cheese
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Food & DrinkChicken-Fried Oysters with Garlic-Dill Pickle Sauce
Cast-iron fried oysters
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Food & DrinkChili Buns and Slaw Dogs
An Appalachian custard stand classic
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Food & DrinkCrab Hush Puppies
A Southern-style appetizer
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Food & DrinkSouthern Soul Barbeque’s Smoked Oyster Spread
A winter party favorite
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Food & DrinkVivian Howard’s Party Magnet
How to prepare the most infamous of party apps — the cheese ball
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Food & DrinkGreen Tomato Chowchow
Savannah chef Mashama Bailey’s pickled chowchow celebrates the earthy pucker of fresh green tomatoes
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Food & DrinkFried Eggplant with Honey and Rosemary
A very Southern twist on an Andalusian classic
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Food & DrinkVivian Howard’s Baked Pimento Cheese and Sausage
The star of A Chef’s Life shares her simple yet refined sausage and pimento dip
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Food & DrinkParty Snack: Arkansas Trail Mix
Local ingredients plus savory cheese straws equal one addictive nosh
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Food & DrinkHot Sauce: Pepper Vinegar (Pique)
A take on hot sauce straight from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
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Food & DrinkSouthern Artichoke Dip
Chef Hugh Acheson shares his recipe for a classic party dip
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Food & DrinkSerrano Boiled Peanuts
A Southern roadside classic with Indian flair
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Food & DrinkHot Sauce: Salsa Verde
A modern version of the ancient green salsas made by the Zapotecs in Oaxaca
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Food & DrinkSouthern-Style Summer Nachos
A crunchy layer of tortilla chips can be a vehicle for just about any ingredient you can imagine
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Food & DrinkHow Sean Brock Makes Pimento Cheese
The James Beard Award-winning chef shares a recipe from his new cookbook
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The Southerner's HandbookHow To Fry Chicken Skins
Expert tricks for preparing a perfectly crispy snack
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Anatomy of a ClassicSpring Herb Deviled Eggs in the Shell
A breakthrough approach to deviled eggs
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Anatomy of a ClassicHush Puppies
Perfect hush puppies the Georgia way
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Food & DrinkMartha Hall Foose’s Bacon Crackers
A snack from the Mississippi Delta
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Anatomy of a ClassicMaryland Crab Cakes
Nobody knows crab cakes like a Marylander
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Food & DrinkNew Orleans Barbecue Shrimp
A tasty, messy Louisiana favorite
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Food & DrinkPBR Beer Cheese Soup Recipe
A boozy cousin of pimento cheese
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Anatomy of a ClassicPimento Cheese: Spread the Love
Why you shouldn’t get too tricky with pimento cheese
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Food & DrinkPimento Cheeseburger Pizza
A recipe from the pimento cheeseburger capital of the South
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Anatomy of a ClassicQuick Pickles
Beat the heat with quick and easy pickles
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Food & DrinkSliced Dove Breasts on Cornbread Crostini with Green Tomato Marmalade
A grown-up version of the author’s dove breast Triscuit
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Food & DrinkSmoked Catfish Brandade
A riff on classic Mediterranean brandade, turned Southern with the addition of hickory smoked catfish
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Food & DrinkPimento Cheese Biscuits
For an unbeatable summertime snack, try mixing creamy pimento into your biscuit dough
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Food & DrinkSriracha-Citrus Remoulade
Chef Bryan Caswell’s spin on the Cajun classic
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Food & DrinkSugarcane-Skewered Scallops
Get Roth Farms’ recipe
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Food & DrinkTomato and Watermelon Aspic
A throwback appetizer with plenty of garden-fresh flavor
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Food & DrinkVivian Howard’s Pork-Rind Roosters
A party starter worth celebrating
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Food & DrinkTwo Great New Pickle Recipes
Pickled Southern staples, from chef Hugh Acheson
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Food & DrinkWhy Meatballs are “Texas Mexican”
A recipe for albóndigas de chile ancho
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Food & DrinkChris Shepherd’s Green Onion Dip
One Houston chef’s riff on a childhood favorite
