There are fancy desserts in this world. There are pastries with names I can’t pronounce, cakes that take three days to make, and ice creams that cost more than a tank of gas. But none […]
Mountain Dew began as a small town idea in Marion, mixed by folks who never imagined their citrus experiment would become one of the most famous sodas in the world. […]
If you ever want to understand our local culture in its purest form, skip the museums and head straight to a potluck. A potluck is where hospitality, tradition, and a little bit of friendly competition […]
There are places in this world that don’t just serve food, they serve memories. Around here, the Dip Dog Stand has always been one of those places, and the best part is that it’s still […]
Every now and then the news serves up a story so strange you have to sit down on the porch and let your brain catch up. Lately it has been all this talk about lettuce […]
There was a time in my childhood when the greatest luxury in the world came in the form of a grape soda in a glass bottle. Not the plastic kind that always tasted faintly like […]
My youngest daughter is celebrating her birthday today, and one of our long standing traditions is the birthday girl gets to pick what she wants for Sunday dinner that week. We had that dinner this […]
There are certain things that tell you you’re in the South long before you ever see a road sign. Kudzu on the power lines. A porch swing that’s been there longer than the house. And […]
There was a time when the smell of charcoal drifting through a neighborhood meant something. It meant somebody’s daddy was out in the yard with a metal spatula in his back pocket. It meant kids […]
Sunday dinner has always been more than a meal. It was the weekly pause button, the one guaranteed moment when the world slowed down long enough for everybody to sit in the same room and […]
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