This is one of the first pies my grandmother taught me to make, and I know her mother made it, too.It made me chuckle when I brought it out with coffee recently and a visiting friend asked me for my ...

Several of you expressed interest in this recipe from "The Southern Pie Book" by Jan Moon and Southern Living, which I gave away on the blog today. Therefore, here it is. It calls for a cup of maple ...

Some Southern sweets -- pecan pie, pralines, red velvet cake -- are well-loved throughout the country. As someone who was born and raised in southern Indiana, I have fond memories of a dessert that ...

"My husband grew up in California eating chess pies his mother made, " writes M.A. from New Orleans. "Over the years, we had seen many recipes, but none like Wilma's. Wilma and my father-in-law spent ...

We can learn a lot from generations that came before us, including how to cook on tight budgets. Frugality was necessary sometimes, whether it’s because someone lost a job, or some foods were being ...