Southern hostess Paula Deen, known as the “Queen of Southern Cuisine” burst on the food television scene in 2001 when she filmed a pilot called “Afternoon Tea Party” in 2001. In November 2002, the Food Network found a place in its regular schedule for her trademark hit show, “Paula’s Home Cooking.” Recipes from the show [...]

A fine distinction exists when you are talking about different cuisines, particularly when the term southern cooking comes into play. The cuisine found in the South is quite distinct as it heralds from many different backgrounds and histories throughout the years. Southern cooking can be applied to a general type of food made in the [...]

Home is where the hearth is.  If outdoor country cooking is fun and heart warming, it is because of its simplicity and down-to-earth methods of cooking.  The tradition of country cooking is associated with nomadic tribes and early settlers of North America.  Over the years these have been refined and modern techniques have simplified the [...]

As people in other parts of the United States begin to appreciate southern cooking, there is little known, by northerners, about its history. As people in the south are well acquainted with French and even Chinese food, southern cooking remains a mystery to most of the country. Traditional southern food remains a major part of [...]