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Sheltering in the Garden
Sheltering in the Garden They live in a garden paradise, so sheltering-in-place has been business as usual. For over 35 years, the natural wonderland that Diane Meucci and Wolfgang Marquardt cultivated from untamed woods has been the home and home … Continue reading
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Tagged Diane Meucci, Gardens Oy Vey, Wolfgang Marquardt
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Heroism Amidst a Pandemic
Heroism Amidst a Pandemic by Deborah Fagan Carpenter This photo of Huey’s Downtown is courtesy of Tripadvisor As deep as we are into this dreadful pandemic, I have to concede that I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head … Continue reading
Southern Supper with a Pittsburgh Foodie
Southern Supper with a Pittsburgh Foodie by Deborah Fagan Carpenter Pittsburgh food writer and passionate cook, Nancy Hanst may be a grits and greens convert. Visiting in Memphis for the winter months, Nancy has been cooking nonstop with her … Continue reading
The Southern Spread: Thanksgiving Sides
The Southern Spread Our culture, our history, our spirit, and our hospitality are some of the ingredients. Southern foods are heavily influenced by African, English, Scottish, Irish, French, and Native-American cuisine, and although most of them are served across the … Continue reading
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Tagged Thanksgiving Sides
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Peanut Soup on the Southern Spread
The Southern Spread This month’s feature: Peanut Soup George Washington Carver put peanuts on the map by inventing over a hundred recipes and uses for them, largely at Tuskegee University in Alabama. We had a president from Georgia, who … Continue reading
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Tacky! Tacky! Tacky!
Tacky! Tacky! Tacky! by Deborah Fagan Carpenter I’ve had to moderate my Facebook activity lately because it causes my already clogged arteries to constrict. But, yesterday I was scrolling through my feed, when I came upon a comment from someone … Continue reading
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Tagged Deborah Fagan Carpenter, exploring the south, Tacky
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okra, grits, and YES, MA’AM, PLEASE!
okra, grits, and YES, MA’AM, PLEASE! by Deborah Fagan Carpenter A lot of outsiders think we’re a peculiar strain of folks down here in the Deep South. We move a little slower, we eat alien stuff like okra and grits, … Continue reading
The Power of Reasonable Action
The Power of Reasonable Action by Deborah Fagan Carpenter Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals. —Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. … Continue reading
BARBEQUE, MUSIC AND SOUTHERN MADE!
Barbeque, Music, and Southern Made! By Deborah Fagan Carpenter Barbeque, Music, and Southern Made! Three southern festivals, Memphis in May International Festival, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and Southern Makers in Montgomery, Alabama are unique and innovative … Continue reading
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Tagged Deborah Fagan Carpenter, Memphis, Mississippi blues, southern art
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GOODBYE TO A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN
GOODBYE TO A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN Jim Eikner In the summer of 1955, my sister, who was 14 years my senior, went on her first date with the man who would become her life-long partner. This occasion would have scarcely been … Continue reading