The Farmhouse Chocolate Cake
Hello folks and welcome back to the All Things Southern kitchen. I’ve recently returned from Ellerslie, GA where I spoke to a wonderful gathering of women at the famous Farmhouse restaurant and gift shop. If the Good Lord’s willing, and the creek doesn’t run dry, I plan to go back there for the fellowship, the fun, and the food! Hostess with the mostest Beckie McKenzie
Quit Monitoring When You Can Move
My man and I find the current Lifelock commercials both clean and entertaining, which is an increasingly rare offering from what my Papaw Stone used to call the one-eyed monster. That was Papaw’s nickname for the television back when Miss Kitty was the poorest role model on the tube. If only, right? But, I figure that’s an obscure reference for a portion of my audience,
On Fashion Advice and Funnin’
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The Belle of All Things Southern Proposes Banning the Butt Defense
When my kids were little we had a standard rule for sibling conflicts. It was all about taking responsibility for your own actions and reactions. Simply put, no one was allowed to employ the Butt Defense. Granted, I didn’t call it the Butt Defense back in the day. That name materialized on the spot in that last sentence and I left it because, well, it’s just
The Belle’s Gouda Mac and Cheese
Hello folks and welcome back to the All Things Southern kitchen. It was the evaporated milk that caught my attention. I saw a recipe for homemade mac and cheese that used Pet Milk. Interesting, I thought. I’ve never used Pet Milk in my own mac and cheese. It also happens that I had some fresh Gouda cheese on hand that I was thinking would be
Don’t Drop the Baton
“Stay in your lane and don’t drop the baton.” Those words echoed in my head as I prepared for my first high school track relay. Memory doesn’t serve me on why the fourth member of the relay team was missing, but I do recall the feeling of being a freshman and teaming up with three experienced seniors. And, yes, newbie here dropped the baton. Thanks
A story about big heads and slow leaks
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