"You grew what you ate and cooked what you got. And it all came out of that old black pot." Ethel Dixon

“Southern is a great yeast roll...served hot from the oven. They are light as a dandelion in a high wind." ―  Chef Edna Lewis

"Southern Barbecue is the closest thing we have in the USA to Europe's wines or cheeses; drive 100 miles and the Barbecue changes." John Shelton Reed

"I realize now, how much the bond that held us together had to do with food..." Chef Edna Lewis