Category: The South
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All the Fixin’s: Root and Sausage Pie
Well, friends, we went full autumn for this one. The days are officially short, the air is crisp, and winter vegetables are fully in season. So we reached into Ronni Lundy’s Appalachian cookbook, Victuals, and came up with this recipe, which seemed perfectly suited to a November afternoon. In the past we’ve had a bit of difficulty…
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All the Fixin’s: Biscuit Muffins
Autumn is officially upon us, which means we can finally turn our ovens back on! Zelda in particular is very excited for all the baking adventures this season holds (on her to-do list so far: homemade bread, jam, and a roast chicken that would make Julia Child proud). For our first foray back into the…
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Fireflies and Fla-Vor-Ice: 5 Things to Love About Summer in the South
As a heat wave settles over New York City and I settle into my fifth consecutive summer sans air conditioning, I find myself reminiscing about my favorite things about summer in the South. While Zelda’s right, there are a lot of things to love about summer in the city (ready access to ice cream being…
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Around These Parts
I was sitting in a bar in Louisville with my sister a couple weeks ago, sipping on bourbon-spiked iced tea, when we overheard the girls next to us chatting with the bartender. As we listened, it became apparent that they were tourists, asking him for tips on where to go out that night. And as…
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Zelda’s 2018 Summer Reading List
It’s technically spring here in Brooklyn, but the mercury has been yo-yoing so much lately we’re not entirely sure what season it actually is. We’ve ricocheted from the cold and the damp to the sweltering and the sunny again and again, but the one thing we seem to have skipped is spring itself. While I’m…
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We Went to Derby!
We did the thing, y’all! Last Thursday, before dawn had even cracked, we hit the road towards our old Kentucky home. The journey was long but full of snacks and inside jokes. Once we hit our beloved Louisville, we hung with Zelda’s parentals and Scout’s momma; toured the Maker’s Mark distillery; hit up our favorite…
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How to Make a Hot Brown
It’s T-minus 2 days until we leave for the homeland on the great pilgrimage to Derby. But before we pack up our hat boxes and head southward for that storied race, we wanted to tackle a classic Kentucky recipe: The Hot Brown. Created in 1926 at The Brown Hotel in our hometown of Louisville, Kentucky,…
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How to Go to the Kentucky Derby Like a Pro
The horse is out of the gate, y’all: We’re going to Derby! The rumors are true, dear readers. This year, we are making a hallowed pilgrimage to the Z&S homestead for that most sacred of events: the Kentucky Derby. Thanks to Scout’s momma, we have secured tickets for us and seven of our closest New…
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Why “Queer Eye” is the Southern Show We Need Right Now
A few weeks ago, a show started bubbling up on my radar. A few friends mentioned it. A stray gif or two began to make its way onto my feed. My sister recommended it. My brother recommended it. And finally I found myself with some time to kill and in need of a happy, entertainment…
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All the Fixin’s: Honeyed Applesauce
March has hit New York City with an icy vengeance. Spring may technically be on the horizon, the daylight has begun to be saved, but winter is still howling to be heard — to the tune of not one, not two, but three nor’easters in less than two weeks. We, dear readers, are officially over…
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