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TOP 10 SOUTHERN COOKING SITES »
Top 10 best
southern cooking sites rated by the LoveToKnow editors. 
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LoveToKnow: Recipes
A one-stop site to find recipes for southern cooking
favorites. You'll get favorite recipes for
fried chicken,
country fried steak and
loaded mashed potatoes. Once you've mastered the basics,
you'll find recipes for how to cook kale, making crab Creole
shrimp, an amazing southern green been recipe and loads of
desserts.
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Lodge Cast Iron
American made cast iron skillets are the key to cooking
perfect fried chicken and many other southern dishes. In
fact, it is such an important ingredient in southern cooking
that the company even lists some
popular recipes on its site for both indoor and outdoor
cast iron cooking.
Shop online or download a catalog. |
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Paula's Home Cooking
Paula Dean specializes in good ole southern home cooking.
You won't find any low fat dishes in her repertoire, but you
will find plenty of deliciousness. Get a list of
Paula's Top 100 recipes. These include favorites such as
chicken pot pie, chicken and dumplings, gumbo, white bean
chili, old fashioned meat loaf and creamy mac 'n' cheese. |
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Canning Pantry
Every good southern chef has a nice stockpile of canned
goods. From jams and jellies to pickled anything, these
canning supplies will give you the canned items you need to
get you through the winter. Start with
canning jars and then check out the many different
pickling supplies, such as a pickling crock or crinkle
cutters. |
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Soul Food and Southern Cooking
If you're looking for more information on exactly what soul
food and comfort foods are, then you'll find out at this
site. Recipes are divided into categories like
appetizers,
BBQ,
bread and rolls,
desserts and sides like potatoes or green beans.
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Stock Pots
A nice stock pot can help you create southern style chili,
chicken gumbo and many other soups, stews and one pot meals.
This site offers a nice selection of pots in different sizes
for great prices. Pick up other kitchen supplies as well,
such as cookie cutters and rolling pins. If you live near
them, they also offer
southern cooking classes. |
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That's My Home
Wonderful site that features rooms and rooms full of tips
and recipes for cooking southern style. You'll find a
section devoted especially to
southern cooking. Some of these recipes will be for
things like beans, Kentucky salad, potato salad, Bourbon
pork roast, vanilla wafer cake, white buttermilk coconut
cake and chocolate coconut pecan pie.
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Waring Deep Fryer
Deep fryers are good when you want to make some steak fries
or fried green tomatoes to go with a meal or even for a
snack. Fry chicken for a few seconds for a crisp skin and to
seal in juices and then pop into the oven to finish cooking.
Their professional deep fryer is for retail customers, but is nice enough that you'll feel
you are a professional chef. |
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Country Living
This magazine focuses on just about everything southern you
could imagine, from cooking to entertaining to decorating.
You'll find many
southern cooking recipes, including ones for spicy
homemade fried chicken and big, fluffy buttermilk biscuits
that melt in your mouth.
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Southern Style Spices
If you want to make some gold star Texas chili, then you'll
want to learn more about
Southern Style Spices. You'll also find some great tips
about how to store spices and herbs as well as how to use
them in your cooking. You'll also learn the art of blending
spices to create unique custom flavors that give food that
southern edge. |
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AllRecipes.com
This site is chock full of southern cooking recipes. You'll
even find an area just for southern cooking tips. Some of
the recipes you might want to try include peach cobbler,
Texas sheet cake and chess pie. If you visit the
Recipe Exchange area, you can see what recipes others
are requesting or request a few of your own.
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Compassionate Cooks
This site has some really interesting products that can help
you with your southern cooking needs. You'll find groups of
recipes for only $5 each. For example, choose from recipes
that offer
comfort foods for chilly nights or
Mexican/Southwestern dishes. You'll also find CDs,
cookbooks and podcasts. |
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Grits
Their slogan is "no one can eat just one". The entire
site is devoted to grits and to southern cooking, but mostly
to grits. You'll find tons of
recipes, however. You can even get recipes for sweet
iced tea, pickled okra, spiced pickled peaches, fried egg
sandwich, yellow squash casserole and chili under a
cornbread blanket (kids love this one!). |
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House-Autry
Shop for products made especially for southern cooks like
you. House-Autry has many
southern products to bread everything from chicken to
fish to pork. You'll also find mixes for cornbread and
biscuits. You'll also find some
recipes like shrimp po boy sandwich, chicken hash,
roasted jalapeño poppers and pan fried chicken nuggets. |
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History of Southern Food
Have you ever wondered what makes southern food so
distinctive? Many ethnic and regional influences have
combined to create what is known today as southern cooking.
Crops that grew in the area played a part as well. When
technology arrived, southern cooking took on a new form.
You'll even find a
map that outlines the birth of southern food.
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Cajun Food Mixes
If you get as deep south as Louisiana, then you'll come in
contact with southern Cajun cooking. This company offers
mixes to help you recreate your favorite Cajun dishes. Start
by checking out
recipes for dishes like gumbo or gourmet etouffee. The
recipe will list which products you need to order from the
site to create the dish. |
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Cooks.com
Well-known and often visited site filled with tons of
different recipes. Many of the recipes have a focus on
southern favorites. You'll find homey tips for canning
lentils,
how to make homemade yogurt and even
how to create the perfect apple pie. A quick search for
the word "southern" will pull up about 1,300 different
recipes.
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A Southern Season
A Southern Season creates gift baskets and unique gifts made
of southern food items. Shop the
brick and mortar location or order from the online
store. Some gift items you might want to consider include
the Carolina Cupboard fruit preserves tray. This handy metal
carrying tray comes with an assortment of southern
preserves. |
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Cuisine of the Southern United States
Learn all about the way southern cooking evolved from the
early days of the country until today. Find out which ethnic
influences had the most impact. This article also takes a
look at regional southern favorites, such as
swamp cabbage,
ramps,
Hoppin John and also find out how
barbeque sauce varies from one area to the next.
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Sweet Baby Ray's
Your southern chef kitchen won't be complete until you find
the perfect barbecue sauce. Many cooks love sweet baby
ray's, because it goes as well with beef as it does with
pork. Get the
story behind how Baby Ray's started back in 1985. You'll
also find quite an assortment of recipes at the
Recipe Roundtable that will help you figure out how to
use the sauce. |
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