It might have a plain-jane name, but the authors of the Cafe Flora Cookbook know what’s up: “Our inspiration for this dressing was—dare I say it?—ranch dressing! But we gussied it up a bit.” Besides the mayonnaise there isn’t much... More

The "my" of this recipe's title is James Beard, who observed that "American food is anything you eat at home". As no meal is more associated with home cooking than Thanksgiving, and no food writer was a greater champion of... More

Jean Anderson's A Love Affair With Southern Cooking is equal parts recipe collection, autobiography, and anecdotal history of the people and places that have influenced the food of the South. Taken as a whole it is the lovely, chatty product... More