This Week’s Southernism, Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Posted on December 20, 2022 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Christmas in the South means a creamy bowl of rum and bourbon based eggnog and a rich array of cakes and candies: coconut cake, white fruitcake, bourbon ball candies, and sugary divinity candies topped with pecans.”

— Eugene Walter, writing in “American Cooking, Southern Style” 

Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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About Deborah Fagan Carpenter

The creative and professional life of Deborah Fagan Carpenter has taken many directions: visual merchandiser, decorator, potter, sculptor, modern expressionist painter, photographer, and freelance feature writer. As Contributing Editor at PorchScene, her contributions are fueled by her love of all things beautiful, interesting, edible, and Southern.
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One Response to This Week’s Southernism, Tuesday, December 20, 2022

  1. Alice Ann Fesmire says:
    December 20, 2022 at 8:38 AM

    Lane Cake, anyone? 😋

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