My best memories of eating my mother's batter-fried chicken are connected to summer family picnics at Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia's largest dam-controlled lake. Daddy would park next to the dam and us kids would jump out, barefoot, and find a shady spot to sit under and chow down. I made mother's chicken today for an...
Mama's Sugar Spiced Pecans
My mother and grandmother made these every year during the holidays. Only sometimes did the pecans come from my grandmother's pecan tree because it did not produce pecans every year. When it did, my grandmother was famous for vigorously shaking the tree to make it rain pecans. It took us kids many late fall afternoons...
Mama's Peach Crisp
Best served with vanilla ice cream!
Mrs. Bennett's Hawaiian Yams
My mother-in-law was the best cook.