
Ribollita (Tuscan Bread and Vegetable Soup)
Tuscans favor soup over pasta as a first course, and no soup is more revered in the region than this hearty vegetable one thickened with

Tuscans favor soup over pasta as a first course, and no soup is more revered in the region than this hearty vegetable one thickened with

Acquacotta, or “cooked water,” the traditional name for this soup, suggests that not much is required to make it. It was originally a peasant dish,

At one point, chopped dried fruits were also added to the pudding, suggesting that the dessert’s origins were not French Creole but, somehow, English. The

These are the finest bread-and-butter pickles in the South—and a far cry from those bland, limp, overpriced commercial ones found in supermarkets. Fail to allow

Shortbread, shortnin’ bread, sho’ bread—these terms may vary in spelling and pronunciation across different regions, and the cooking techniques employed may differ as well. Moreover,

As for standard breakfast waffles, none can hold a candle to these pecan-studded wonders with a tangy orange syrup that my mother created years ago

Don’t let any proud Southerner know that our delicate and beloved pocketbook rolls, named for their folded dough resembling small purses or pocketbooks, bear a

Refined southern hostesses don’t merely invite friends to tea. The event must have a theme, a notion, a concept. There’s an April tea to welcome

Dating back at least to the nineteenth century, this beguiling bread can be made strictly by hand with a wooden spoon for a coarse texture

Despite the yeast and white flour, it’s a sturdy, fairly heavy loaf, but the flavor is incredible. To lighten it more, I once tried using


