Love, Nina

I respect Edna Lewis and the work she did. Her death is a real loss, but she lives on through good food.

Those are the foods I grew up eating on the farm, and so, I felt great kinship with Miss Lewis the first time I read The Taste of Country Cooking.

Whenever I eat fresn baby lima beans or a light and airy biscuit, I think of Miss Lewis, and I reckon I always will.

And what a poignant and wonderful relationship she and Scott Peacock shared! He’ll always miss her and grieve for her, for sure, but when you treat people well — you can be at peace when they transition because you know that you gave them your absolute best. He gave her his best and God will bless him for it. Miss Edna also gave Scott her best, too.

Sleep well, Miss Edna.

Now Emeril says of the quote: “That’s bullcrap. Did not say that. I’m as frustrated as most people in the city about some of our governmental leaders; I did express that. (But) as far as making (statements) about ‘New Orleans is dead and not coming back’ — that’s not true.”

“Cindy Adams came up to me and said, ‘Emeril, so how is New Orleans?’ And I told her, ‘God, we need help with our leadership, and we need help with our city.’ I did say that. But: ‘The mayor’s a clunker, the governor’s a clunker?’ I don’t use those words. Those words are not even in my vocabulary. ‘The city is dead’? I never said that.

New Orleans CityBusiness Editor Terry O’Connor, in his Feb. 10 commentary said it best:

Why does all this concern any of us post-Katrina? Because no New Orleans business can afford to casually be besmirched by controversial comments. Especially now.

How the media treats New Orleans businesses is an extremely sensitive topic.

It’s simply responsible to take great care not to damage any business or any greater New Orleans-area resident in these extremely difficult post-Katrina days. We’ve got enough to do to recover without fighting among ourselves or wasting energy trying to debunk harmful half-truths.

Some parts of NOLA should not be rebuilt in my opinoin becuase no matter how good you build the walls of a fish bowl it still can spring a leak!

I was raised in Louisiana all my life. And I love the state. My parents still live in rural central Louisiana. The culture and food there is great. Emeril, just hit the nail on the head. The Governor is a Clunk!!!

Incompetence should be exposed at all levels with regards to Katrina’s aftermath, and not just at Bush & Co. that the liberals love to do so much.

Any NOLA resident probably suspects that Bush and the Anti-Regular American Republicans will NOT keep their word about helping the residents get back some/most of what they lost. Nagin should use every dollar to help real people get help. You see how long it took for the US Fed Gov’t to get help as compared to Indonesia et al. Nagin needs to get with it or move out of the way.

It is really sad it is an excellent city but I agree with Emeril it will never be the same the politicians are taking too much time blaming each other and worrying about Mardi Gras to help those that were affected most by the hurricane….its residents.

It pained us greatly to leave our beloved hometown, but it is no place to raise a family right now and who knows if we’ll ever get to rebuild our houses so that we can try to get on our financial feet again.

Even before Katrina, NOLA was a place you had to really love to live there. The city wasn’t healthy even before Katrina. So many people have now been forced to leave the city and are now seeing how much of a contrast in terms of taxation, opportunity for jobs, schools and the like that they are making the painful decision to remove themselves from the culture of New Orleans in the best interests of their families and futures.

That isn’t to say that I look down upon anyone who chooses to return and rebuild. I have the utmost respect for those that choose to do so. For me though, it wasn’t the most prudent course of action for me and my family.

We miss NOLA each and every day in many ways, but our lives will continue without it.

John T., I was just in Nashville and, alas, didn’t have enough time to try hot chicken. But we did visit a great meat-and-three on your recommendation. Thanks.

My grandmother used to fry her chicken in a cast-iron skillet and it was yummy.

Her real secret was using a paper bag to coat the chicken with a flour/salt/pepper/paprika mixture. Put flour and the chicken parts in a paper grocery bag and shake (outside, if you can).

It is only 8:30 in the morning, but I want some fried chicken!!!!!!

Thanks for helping me remember my grandmother, who was my cooking idol when I was a little girl.

Thank you for the article and I look forward to the next one on barbecue. tb

Its not part of the South. Its about as “southern” as Miami.

Its a disgrace to everyone who has roots in the South the way this city and region has become with so many implants from Mexico and Yankees from up north ruining the place.

Texas is not the South either. Just go and chow down on your jalapenos and tex-mex.

Ill take fried chicken and turnips as any TRUE Southerner would.

Cousin’s Barbeque in Fort Worth, Texas (get the sliced brisket).

I spent 6 years in Athens and never ate at the meat and 3’s there - I just didn’t know better.

And as for matzo ball soup, you should check out Marcie Ferris’s new book, Matzo Ball Gumbo, on the foodways of the Jewish South.

This chain pulls the wool over uninformed, desperate travelers. Anyone who is not on the road and chooses to partake at Cracker Barrel gets what they deserve.

Can you say “Canned”?

That is truly hilarious. I guess food is now politically correct! We must include our hispanic friends in the meat and threes.

Whats next, matso ball soup?

By the way, this is a blog. You say what you want (no matter how wrong) and I say what i want. Simple concept.

LMAO!!!! This is like saying Morrisons and Picadilly are good southern cooking!!!

LOLOL

Can you read? This is not a Mexican food blog. There’s a mexican joint on every corner in Atlanta.

fajitas, Rice and beans do not constitute meat and three!

cholesterolintake was more on topic than you!!! God bless this Forrest Gump.

bron sugah meltin inside.

OH, I luvs me sum of that cuz im Gawjan!

I was never one to try new foods when I was “young and naive” either, and I once spent a miserable 11 days in Mexico my senior year of high school because of it. (well, the trip was great, but the food was NOT! NOTHING like the mexican restaurants we have here!)

Now that I’m grown and my tastes have changed, I like trying new foods. Just keep in mind that everyone was “young and naive” at one time, including my neighbors who are from PA and turn up their noses at grits and homemade biscuits.

But my favorite BBQ is going to be Williamsons Bros. in Marietta and Sprayberry’s in Newnan.

Poor Lewis Grizzard was devastated when his doctors told him “no more Sprayberrys!”

mary macs and the blue ribbon grill!

Greens is good cuz they is crunch.

all usn gawgins shouldn eat greens and bacun.

Bacun is best with trunups.

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