Category: Side Dish
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Tomato Head’s Collard and Creamed Leek Pie
I grew up attending a small and fiery little church, where I learned that we were right and you were wrong. In fact, there was a joke about us… A Baptist minister who, upon entering heaven, asked St. Peter for a tour of the place. They moved past many different halls, each filled with hosts…
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Deviled Eggs
My relationship with eggs is a Facebook status: It’s complicated. And like many a well-documented social media bond, my affair with eggs has always been mercurial and overly sensitive to the delicate shadings of status updates. Today, I’m a fan of eggs of all sorts – boiled, deviled, poached and even shirred. But it’s been…
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Tomato Head’s Grit Casserole with Mushroom Cream Sauce
I can’t recall my first memory of grits. I may have blocked it. That’s not because of any dislike, per se, but more likely it comes down to shame. I suspect that my first encounter with grits involved copious butter with lots and lots of sugar, too. And as any self-respecting Southerner will tell you,…