Table of Contents
Introduction: For Southerners, Practically Every Day's a Holiday 1
Winter: Special Treats from Christmas Coconut Cake to St. Joseph's Day Cookies 5
Hanukkah 7
Chipotle Brisket 8
Sweet Potato Latkes 10
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 11
Martha's Chicken Pie 12
My Favorite Fruitcake 14
Holiday Coconut Cake 16
Moravian Sugar Cake 18
Lemon-Lavender Jelly 20
Café Brûlot 21
Kwanzaa 22
Not Your Grandmother's Ambrosia 23
Peanut Butter Muffins with Chocolate Drizzle 24
New Year's Day 26
Apple and Bacon-Stuffed Collard Roll-Ups 27
Sweet Potatoes Restaurant's Quick and Easy Hoppin' John Soup 28
Old Christmas 30
Sassy Cocktail Sauce 31
How to Do Your Own Oyster Roast 32
Mardi Gras 34
Brandy Milk Punch 35
Coconut King Cake 36
St. Joseph's Day 38
Pasta Milanese with Mudrica 39
Cuccidati 41
March Madness 43
Very Veggie Brunch Casserole 44
Smokin' Mary 45
Spring: There's Ham on the Easter Table, and Seafood Abounds as Fleets Set Sail for the Season 47
Blessing of the Fleet 48
Vietnamese Spring Rolls 49
Seafood Gumbo 51
Passover 53
Matzoh Balls, Cajun Style 54
Sephardic Matzoh Lasagna 56
Easter 53
Matzoh Balls, Cajum Style 54
Sephardic Matzoh Lasagna 56
Easter 58
Hop-into-Spring Deviled Eggs 59
Jeanne's Slow-Cooker Country Ham 60
Hot Cross Buns 62
Market Fresh Potato Salad 64
Summer: Southerners Celebrate Special Foods and Moments in History 65
Peach Festivals 66
Peach and Prosciutto Salad 67
Creamy Peach Parfaits 68
Ginger-Peach Soda 70
Juneteenth 72
Smoky Red Rice 73
Nanticoke Catfish 74
Rosy Roselle Sipper 76
Independence Day 77
Chef & the Farmer's Sugar Baby Watermelon Salad with Jalapeno Vinaigrette 78
John's Great Greek Burger 80
Black Bean Summer Salad 82
Watermelon Lemonade 83
Fall: Thanksgiving Feasts and Ethnic Food Celebrations Make the Season Glow 85
Greek Festival 36
Greek Chicken 87
Loukoumades 89
Shalom Y'all Jewish Food Festival 91
Food Fest Blintzes 92
Chopped Liver Appetizer Spread 95
ShaLoMein 96
Thanksgiving 98
Cajun-Style Rice Dressing 99
Carol's Sweet Potato Casserole 100
Aunt Ida's Turkey 102
Mrs. Rozar's Giblet Gravy 104
Apple Pie from the Sisters of Pie 105
Cranberry-Orange Pie 108
Sorghum Pecan Pie 109
Acknowledgments 110
Index 111
