Southern Fried Chicken

Holy *^%$ yall! We made fried chicken! We took advantage of this gorgeous summer day and went on ahead and conquered another culinary fear... homemade fried chicken. Prior to making this tonight, I typed out: "I'm 99.999% certain that we can't best KFC or any southern back road gas station's fried chicken, but we're going... Continue Reading →

Cheddar & Shallot Skillet Scones

It seems like people have very strong feelings about cast iron skillets, positive or negative. Those who don't own or use cast iron skillets regularly sometimes are scared of using them, because they think they're hard to care for. The seasoning of the skillet is a little intimidating unless you've read a little bit about... Continue Reading →

Southern Pimento Cheese

A ways back, in our first year of the blog, we made pimento cheese as Christmas gifts in honor of our new home in South Carolina. We made two varieties - Selim created Garlic & Truffle Pimento Cheese, and Ally made a more traditional version. For some reason, we didn't share the traditional recipe at the... Continue Reading →

Hearty Hoppin’ John

Technically this is our second New Year's Eve living in South Carolina, but the first one barely counts. We had just moved here, in a whirlwind month that not only included moving to a new state, but also getting married, honeymooning in Puerto Rico, and spending Christmas with Ally's family. I'm pretty sure there were... Continue Reading →

Garlic & Truffle Pimento Cheese

South Carolina is known for many dishes in the world of all things culinary. Favorites include low country boils, boiled peanuts, shrimp & grits, sweet tea, cornbread, and of course... pimento cheese!  South Carolinians seem use a fair amount of mayonnaise in their pimento cheese, but instead of Duke's or Kraft's mayo we made garlic truffle aioli.... Continue Reading →

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