“Our family always has ham hocks, black-eyed peas, turnip greens and cornbread on New Year’s Day for luck,” said Karan

Inez Murphree of Pittsboro always cooks black-eyed peas and cornbread on New Year’s for supper with as many of the

Cornbread was probably the first thing Lakyn Ledbetter of Bruce ever made, and she still makes it pretty much every

The following are the winning recipes from this year’s Sweet Potato Festival Original Recipe Contest.

Melissa Barefield learned to make applesauce puffs in high school home ec class, and while in college she demonstrated making

“Pinterest is wonderful. I have found several things there,” said Marisa Parker Long. She has a Paula Deen cookbook that

Donna Hardin of Bruce says her mother, the late Linda Culpepper of Dothan, AL, was her mentor and biggest inspiration

The most unique Thanksgiving dressing I’ve ever eaten was oyster dressing, at Uncle Bubba’s restaurant (Paula Deen’s brother) in Savannah,

Jan Cook was recently awarded the Mayor’s Cup at the Vardaman Sweet Potato Festival Banquet for her dish “Slap Your

Holly Mitchell Gore loves bundt cake baking, and her favorite is sour cream pound cake, a recipe of her grandmother’s,