Welcome to The Kitchen Table, where I share simple Southern recipes, warm memories, and a touch of old-fashioned hospitality. After 75 years in the kitchen, I’ve gathered a big recipe box full of tips, tricks, and stories that make cooking joyful and meaningful. Consider me your grandma in the kitchen—sharing comfort food, tried-and-true favorites, and the little life lessons that come along with them. I hope something here inspires your cooking and makes mealtime a little sweeter.
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Some Things Change, Some Stay the Same: Mimi’s Potato Salad
Last Saturday, our family gathered for a cochon de lait, and if you’ve ever been part of a pig roast, you know it’s about more than the food. It’s about time slowing down, stories getting longer, and people drifting in
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Shrimp Gumbo
Allon Manger: A January Tribute to Mama, Daddy, and Cajun Tradition January always makes me think about family. Not in a fresh-start, clean-slate kind of way—but in a remembering way. Remembering where we came from. Who taught us. And all
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The Perfect Turkey
Basting is the process of spooning or brushing liquid over your turkey as it cooks. That liquid might be pan drippings, butter, broth, or — in my case — a simple homemade basting sauce. If you’ve ever pulled a turkey
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A Christmas Tradition Wrapped in Memory
Every family seems to have that one recipe that comes out only at Christmas — the one everyone looks forward to and the one that disappears the second it’s spotted. For us, that recipe was my grandmother’s Date Loaf Candy.
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24-Hour Fruit Salad Recipe With Egg Custard Coating
This 24-hour custard fruit salad recipe is a vintage family one made with a homemade egg custard folded over fruit and chilled overnight for rich, nostalgic flavor. Some recipes travel through generations, not just in handwritten notes, but in stories,