Sassy's Spicy HOPPIN' JOHN is almost ready!

Here at the Maricopa Cabana, Hoppin' John is one of the ways we celebrate the beginning of a New Year. Traditionally served with cornbread and greens (collard greens, mustard greens, chard, kale or…

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This month marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, which President Lincoln issued on January 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War. The document declares that all those held as slaves within any state, or…Read more

Prep time: 10 minutes, Cook time: 50 minutes

INGREDIENTS

1/3 pound bacon
1 celery stalk, diced
1 small yellow onion, diced
1 small green pepper, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 pound…Read more

On This Day in 2003:
Jazz Arts Music Society of
Palm Beach, Florida

On this day in 1940, one of my favorite authors, Carson McCullers (from Columbus, Georgia) published her first novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.

The Heart is often cited as one of the great masterworks of the Southern Gothic…Read more

INGREDIENTS

• 1 can of cinnamon rolls, with icing
• 3/4 cup of sugar, separated into 3 parts of 1/4 each food coloring
• plastic baby (available at most party stores)

DIRECTIONS:

• Separate the cinnamon rolls and roll…

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Whooo, I've been craving CORN PONE all day!

For my yankee friends, corn pone is one of the most beloved comfort foods in all of southern cuisine: a thick cornbread that's been cooked over a fire in a cast…Read more

"We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by…Read more

Since 1932. Small in size but not in flavor. A thin, all-beef burger patty grilled to perfection and topped with diced onions, tasty mustard and a juicy dill pickle, all on a square, steamy bun. Simple, small, square...delicious.…Read more

I first read Harper Lee's southern gothic story To Kill a Mockingbird when I was 12, at the Brookstone School in Columbus, Georgia.

I was too young to fully appreciate the novel's themes, but its compelling characters made a…Read more

Despite deeply entrenched racial and class tensions, the south is a beautiful, soulful place. People smile at you and look you in the eye. Neighbors know one another.

Growing up in the south has given me a…Read more