For variety and good eatin’, consider Mr. Catfish
Perhaps you recall Bubba Blue telling Forrest Gump all the ways shrimp could be cooked and served. Shrimp has nothing on one of our local products – Mississippi pond-raised catfish – as Editor Don Whitten writes in a column about catching and eating the fish that’s being honored this month. (August 8, 2011, Page 4)
Lemons – My daily sunshine!
Italian cooking expert Luisa Arico gets her daily sunshine not from oranges, but from lemons. Arico writes about picking and using lemons as well as giving a basic vinagrette recipe. (September 15, 2010, Page 7)
Healthier chicken salad choices
Think twice when ordering a grilled chicken Caesar salad. These salads may sound healthy, but in fact they are high in calories and fat. In this weeks Eating Well column a new flavorful, grilled recipe is offered up to try instead of the usual high calorie stand-by. (August 18, 2010, Page 6)
Mother’s meatballs – so good, yet so bad
Staff Writer Alyssa Schnugg shares her mother and grandmother’s recipe for meatballs, but makes a few tweaks to the recipe to make the tasty treat just a little bit healthier. (April 21, 2010, Page 13)
Getting to know Mama Jo — a visionary cook
Joester Egerson Brassell has operated Mama Jo’s Country Cookin’ since 2005, and before that cooked at the Kappa Alpha house and at Skymart. She’s been cooking since she was 8 years old, and relies upon her intuition and experience in the kitchen. Here, she shares her recipes for Rotel Chicken Spaghetti and Caramel Cake with Caramel Icing. (February 3, 2010, Page 12)
