Author: Stephanie Hill-Frazier

Grocery stores fill an important role in a small town, as most of us can attest. They help us get dinner on the table quickly, or save breakfast when we’ve run out of milk and the kids want …

I have what may be considered an odd hobby: I read real estate listings for homes that are available along our beautiful beaches as if they were novels. How amazing and perfect some of those new …

Hark now, hear the sailors cry

Smell the sea and feel the sky

Let your soul and spirit fly

Into the mystic

~ from Van Morrison’s “Into the Mystic”

I’m …

True grits, more grits,

fish, grits and collards,

Life is good where grits are swallered.

 – From a poem by Roy Blount, Jr.

Creamy white grits are a classic Southern food …

“Homemade soups fill the kitchen with a welcome air, and can be so full and natural and fresh…” Julia Child, from "Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom"

Much of the country …

What nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast? ~ Anthony Bourdain

Breakfast, as everyone's mother says, is the most important meal of the day. This isn't just a …

“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” ― Edith Sitwell

My mom made the …

“Good manners reflect something from the inside – an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.” – Emily Post

Fred Astaire once said that the hardest job kids face …

"Comfort food is the food that makes us feel good – satisfied, calm, cared for and carefree. It’s food that fills us up emotionally and physically. …Finding comfort in food is a …

There are certain foods that we Southerners claim proudly as our own; things like cornbread, muscadine jelly, and, of course, greens. And on Jan. 1, we make sure we get those greens on our table and …