Nothing slakes thirst, quells worries, and comes together with such ease quite like Southern sweet tea.
About Martha Hall Foose
Martha Hall Foose is the James Beard award-winning author of the best-selling cookbooks Screen Doors and Sweet Tea and A Southerly Course: Recipes & Stories From Close to Home. Born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, she attended the famed pastry school École Lenôtre in France. She returned to Mississippi and opened Bottletree Bakery in Oxford, and, later, Mockingbird Bakery in Greenwood, both of which have become Southern institutions. @marthafoose
Root Beer-Glazed Ham
Ah, sassafras. It plays oh so nicely with ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and anise to enhance the smoky, salty goodness of glazed ham.
Inside-Out Sweet Potatoes
Mashed sweet potatoes are slathered over marshmallows, coated in crushed corn flakes, and deep-fried until crisp. Talk about something to be thankful for!
Summer Squash Fritters
Part hush puppy, part fritter, and lovely through and through, these little blobs of cornmeal batter and summer squash blossom like sunflowers as they fry.
Darkness on the Delta
A deep, dark-as-night, fudgy-as-heck, bittersweet cake that’s a deserving dessert for any dinner party. Chocoholics, you’re welcome.