family

Southerners can’t stand to eat alone. If we’re going to cook a mess of greens we want to eat them with a mess of people.”
–Julia Reed

i’m a mississippi girl and my partner was raised in the mountains of north carolina. between us, we can make just about anything that tastes like you should be eating it while rocking on a front porch and listening to acoustic blues music.

i love the way food tastes, but really, i just love the smell of food and the way it reminds me of being at home in my grandmother’s kitchen or helping clear the table from my parents’ dinner party. Especially i love how the taste (and smell) of southern food can make you feel warm and homey and sometimes like you need to put on your going-out-dress and drink too much.

hmm…what’s not to love about creole, country, soul, and all the newer variations of food from below the mason-dixon line? so it turns out that i’m not a photographer or a trained chef, but every night when my honey and I cook together it seems like 7 out of 10 times we make something that has it’s roots in the culture, history, or agriculture of this place… and usually it turns out pretty delish.

so there are an awful lot of other southern food blogs out there (but it doesn’t seem to be HALF as many as there could be considering how much we all love to eat.)but i’d still like to share the recipes of what we’re making with you. but trust me, this one is more than a catalogue of random “southern” recipes pulled from various junior league cookbooks or the largest number of jello-cassaroles known to man. messofgreens is about being full, satisfied, and hospitable. if you like the way that sounds, come on in!

photo from here.