•    •  December

How was your Christmas? Let me guess! Everything was picture perfect. It was like you were living in a Hallmark movie. Your house was decorated to the nines inside and out. Your Christmas cards turned out great. You addressed them elegantly, by hand, and sent them out promptly. You finished your shopping early and everyone was delighted with your exquisitely wrapped gifts and home-made bows.

I threw a Christmas luncheon for The Golden Girls. Longtime listeners know them as Mama and her sisters, Marleta and Judy.  The only thing that would’ve made the Sister/Sister party any better would’ve been had my own siblings been able to come in to share the day with that venerated generation above us. To know the Golden Girls is to love them. Ask my BBF.

Welcome back to the All Things Southern kitchen. We’re cooking my Secret Recipe Chicken today. Take this to that pot luck Christmas party at the church and you’ll top everyone’s list. So here's the secret. We’re combining artichoke hearts with our chicken breast today, but you can't tell people up front. Avowed anti-artichoke people will devour this, trust me. Now let me show you how to whip