Inside the Crook’s Corner Kitchen

Bill Smith with a few heads of savoy cabbage.

Tamales made with fresh corn, chiles, and country ham drippings.

Smith on the job in the Crook’s Corner kitchen.

Coworker Sebastian Lopez-Leon.

Well-thumbed cookbooks line a shelf.

The Crook’s Corner sign features a pig on a pole.

Crook’s Corner’s iconic shrimp and grits.

Smith’s Orange Red-Hot sorbet.

Smith in the Crook’s courtyard.

Smith’s suptuous banana pudding.

A hunk of butter and a handwritten recipe.