Alabama Summer Garden Soup

Alabama Summer Garden Soup

My husband and your soup delivery driver, Garth, is from Alabama. In our seventeen years together, a common touch point to family and finding a sense of home in his hometown has most often taken place during the sweltering summer. I’m from Florida, so was accustomed...
Hoppin’ John

Hoppin’ John

I grew up in the “South,” by which I mean Florida. It wasn’t until I married Garth, who somehow grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, that I learned of this tradition of eating Hoppin’ John over rice on New Years’ Day to bring you luck in the coming year. Basically,...