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February 29, 2008

The Big Nasty

I've been thinking about an oyster roast and shrimp n' grits ever since I wrote about my last trip to South Carolina almost a year ago, so I'm headed back to Charleston this weekend for another dose of Southern Cooking. Lest grammatically sensitive folks find offense in my haphazard capitalization of Southern Cooking, consider the fact that the foods of the south are a truly remarkable sort, and a subject worthy of entire museums, alliances and a series of tomes entitled Cornbread Nation.

Gourmet magazine's January issue was the most alluring homage to Southern Cuisine I've seen yet. Their tribute to Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock, and dozens of luscious spreads dedicated to baked eggs and biscuits, fried chicken and collard greens has me practically heading for the land of buttered beans for good. For anyone who grew up with even a little southern bone in their body, it's hard to listen to reason, like cholesterol, goals of a girlish figure and all the best-intended efforts at moderation. At my grandma's house in southern Missou-rah, [which us Northerner's considered the South], my favorites were hot biscuits and sausage gravy, fried chicken and cherry cobbler. But since my time in the South is scarce these days, I appreciate the spirit of the Big Nasty, the Hominy Grill's answer to having it all--a fresh buttery biscuit topped with a fried chicken breast and a mess of gravy. Now that's just one sweet tea away from heaven!

Have a great weekend, and y'all come back now, ya hear?

Sarah Copeland, Food Network Kitchens

Posted by Food Network at February 29, 2008 5:20 PM

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