Allrecipes Home > Community > USA > Southern USA

community

Southern USA

Home

Recipes

Find a Location:

Cooks by Location

Connect

Featured Locations

Free Membership

Favorite Products

The latest recipes, reviews, and food photos from Southern USA home cooks.

Learn more

Southern USA

Southern cuisine means big, big flavor. Many culinary classics of the American South are known to all: fried chicken, barbecue, biscuits, and sweet potato pie. Some regional favorites are a little more obscure, like smoked country ham and redeye gravy, crayfish etouffee, and Brunswick stew. And then there are local loves that rarely get any play beyond the places where they were born, like Country Captain, Hoppin’ John, and the Louisville Hot Brown. The South’s heat and humidity lead Southerners to excel in the art of canning and preserving. Pickled fruits and vegetables, relishes, and chutneys are indispensable; even barbecue sauce comes down by way of a long line of homemade vinegars. The weather, coupled with a love of hospitality and for gatherings centered around eating, leads to many outdoor food events. The church picnic, oyster roast, the afternoon barbecue, they all bring folks together to socialize over a common and comfortable cuisine.

You, Who?

Tell us … who are you in the kitchen?

Share cooking triumphs, tips, recipes, and more. (Because it's fun!)

CREATE YOUR COOK’S PROFILE NOW!

Featured Cook

Lolitaeyes

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Sachse, Texas, USA

Living In: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

About me:
I'm a college student who finally got off the dorm meal-plan. I must say that although I miss the vegan-nuggets, I much rather enjoy cooking for myself. I'm a meat-eater turned vegan turned freegetarian. I'll eat meat if it's offered to me as a goodwill gesture or if it's all that's around, but I won't cook it for myself.

My Profile | Reviews | Photos | Recipes | Menus
Favorite Food Lists

Create your own Cook's Profile | MORE Cooks »

Newest Cooks

CubanCook48

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Miami, Florida, USA

About me: I enjoy cooking for friends or family either for lunch, dinner or any kind of party or family get together

Angelina

Cooking Level: Beginning

About me: Hi!! I am ANgelina.. A WIfe for 5 years now and a stay at home mom to my little ballerina who is 4.. She keeps me busy and recently cooking has been my out let.. Its what I have g…
MORE »

loves2cook

Cooking Level: Expert

About me: I love love love to cook,learn and try out new recipes

MORE Cooks »

Newest Photos

MORE Photos »

Newest Reviews

Pineapple Rice Casserole

Reviewed on Sep. 4, 2008 by Tammbo

This was pretty good but not as good as I was expecting. It was a little bland. I ended up sprinkling more brown sugar over the top to add more flavor. Next time I might even use cinnamon butter just to add some "zing".

Was this review helpful? [ YES ]
0 users found this review helpful

Best No-Bake Cheesecake

Reviewed on Sep. 4, 2008 by javaflops

It was pretty good, but not fabulous. I didn't put any topping on it, so maybe that would have made it even better. I also left out the lemon and added key lime juice. I love stuff tart. I think I should have put more in though. As for the texture, it was perfect. Just how a no bake cheesecake should be. Over all, it was what I was looking for so I'm happy :)

Was this review helpful? [ YES ]
0 users found this review helpful