Steve Gordon
Award Winning Food Preservationist, Fisherman, Author of "From Mama's Big Oval Table" Cookbook, Online Contributor to Our State Magazine Newsletter.
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Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe
Chicken Noodle Soup Follow our easy, step-by-step, photo illustrated instructions to learn how to make this delicious Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup. Perfect meal for Fall and Winter when the nights start to get chilly. Printable recipe included. … Nothing warms the soul any better than a bowl of homemade Chicken Noodle Soup. It’s really […]

Calabash Fried Oysters Recipe
Calabash Style Fried Oysters Follow our easy, step-by-step, photo illustrated instructions to learn how to make our Calabash Style Fried Oysters in your home kitchen. Great recipe from my seafood restaurant days. Printable recipe included. … This is how we fried our oysters back when I managed the kitchen for my brothers seafood restaurant. […]

Calabash Fried Shrimp Recipe
Calabash Style Fried Shrimp Follow our easy, step-by-step, photo illustrated instructions to learn how to fry golden brown shrimp at home. Printable recipe included. … Lightly battered and lightly fried. That’s the Calabash way of frying seafood. I’ll show you how we fried them at my brothers “Captain Gordon’s Seafood Restaurant” some years back. […]

Southern Pickled Okra
Pickled Okra Follow our easy, step-by-step, photo illustrated instructions to learn how to make and water bath can our pickled okra in your own kitchen. Printable recipe included. … Pickled Okra is another great old Southern favorite. It’s a great way to enjoy okra all year long. Ours is a little spicy because of […]

Southern Fried Catfish Recipe
Southern Fried Catfish Follow our easy, step-by-step, photo illustrated instructions to learn how to fry delicious catfish in your own kitchen. Printable recipe included. … Whether you catch them yourself, or buy some farm raised, Catfish is a real Southern favorite. Lightly fried, served with Cole slaw, potatoes and hushpuppies, and you’ve got a […]

Grilled Vidalia Steaks with Sweet Italian Sausage
Follow our step-by-step, photo illustrated recipe for Grilled Vidalia Steaks with Sweet Italian Sausage. We’re headed to the park to grill up some delicious Vidalia onions along with Sweet Italian Sausages. Serve these thick sliced onions on a plate or, grab a bun and make up a sausage dog with onions that will have all […]

Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad Recipe
Bacon-Ranch Pasta Salad Follow our easy, step-by-step, photo illustrated instructions to learn how to make this delicious pasta salad. I mean, c’mon, it’s got Ranch and Bacon. Printable recipe included. … A cool and refreshing pasta salad that makes for a great side dish, or just eat it by the bowl full. The flavors […]

Hoop Cheese Toast and Toasted Recipe
Hoop Cheese Toast – Hoop Cheese Toasted Follow our easy, step-by-step, photo illustrated instructions to learn how to make this old Southern favorite of Hoop Cheese Toast. And, learn how old timers liked to melt or toast the same cheese in a skillet. Printable recipe included. … Hoop Cheese, either toasted or as toast, […]

Tomatoes and Rice Recipe
Old Fashioned Tomatoes and Rice Follow our easy, step-by-step, photo illustrated instructions to learn how to make this old fashioned Tomatoes and Rice recipe at home. Printable recipe included. … This old fashioned recipe makes a great side dish for about any meal, or just enjoy a bowl by itself. Probably created as a […]