Bright, toasty cookies for a pumpkin-weary season
As the primary baker of my friend group, it’s common for me to get special baking requests.
Ramen reinvented
There are fancy weeknight dinners, and then there are the meals you make when you’re staring into your pantry like it’s a vending machine and hoping something inspirational drops out.
Birthday baking, Scorpio style
It’s a big day to be a baker – it’s my birthday!
Butter Together: Pizza without tears
I have tried to make homemade pizza many, many times.
Simple shortbread, sweet results
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the small comforts that help us through the unpredictable stretches of life. The ones that don’t require much money, time or planning, just a little intention.
Robert St. John: A Mississippi Christmas, early
Christmas has a way of showing up early at my house – usually while the pumpkins are still on the porch.
Squash, spice and everything nice
I love to host, to share, and to create a space where friends can slow down and enjoy each other.
Balance fall comfort foods with a lighter bite
Before turning your attention to the comfort of filling soups, baked goods, and slow-cooked meals, give warmer weather one last hurrah.
Pantry-friendly chicken tortilla soup
This past week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Andres Dueñas, MS, RDN, LDN, CHES, a registered dietitian, to talk about what families can do as grocery budgets tighten and SNAP benefits are reduced.
Shelf-stable, still satisfying
As Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are cut in half due to federal funding gaps and grocery budgets shrink, more Mississippi families are relying on pantry staples to make ends meet.
Robert St. John: Where Are We Going Next?
It shouldn’t work, but it does. Twenty-five Americans, most from the South, gather around a breakfast table in Dublin.
From market to mixing bowl
Reluctantly, I must admit – maybe I was too quick to write off summer.
Butter Together: A rice meal for when you’re low on dough
I’m sure you’ve heard a thousand reminders to donate food or money to your local food banks, but allow me to be voice one thousand and one: Please, please remember to support your friends and neighbors who are experiencing food insecurity.
A Thanksgiving veggie dish you’ll carrot about
Vegetables are a hard sell around the holidays.
Brown butter makes everything better
Well, my fellow Mississippians, I’m looking at the weather forecast and the lows are projected to be in the 40s and 50s for the next 10 days, so I think we can finally call it — it’s fall, y’all!
Robert St. John: Onward: one word, one life
We were finishing dessert on the terrace last night when one of my Yonderlust Tours guests looked at the cap I wear most days and asked, “What’s that word mean?”
On a rainy Columbus day, eggplant parmesan brings summer back
It’s getting cold and rainy in Columbus, and I found myself craving the heat and buzz of summer – the days when my garden was overflowing with vegetables, herbs and flowers.
From a prison kitchen to MUW’s Welty Gala
Award-winning chef and bestselling author Jeff Henderson brought more than recipes to Mississippi University for Women last week.
Butter Together: The newest apple of my eye
I had never made an apple pie before I started dating Zack
Fried chicken from the comfort of home
If frying chicken at home seems too daunting of a task, rest assured – these homemade Fried Chicken Tenders take the guesswork out of a comforting favorite.
MSU quarterback Shapen earns Philanthropic Spirit award
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