Juanita Garrison

"What are you cooking?" my Ed asked when I told him I was testing my recipe for the Courier. "Spinach," I answered. "It's good for you and will make you pretty. If that doesn't happen, you'll still be healthy... Continue Reading »

Many years ago, my Ed and I were attending a dinner at some event and a dish similar to this was served. Since then I have tried several recipes, but the one shared with us today by Shelby Whitfield... Continue Reading »

Yes, I buy them and I use them and I love them. I’m talking about pie crusts, both those bought in a roll and those in the aluminum pie pans. But not always. Every cook should, I believe, know... Continue Reading »

In this column, Diane Cooper is telling us how to make a really good dish of manicotti.... Continue Reading »

It isn’t as impressive as a regal three-layer-made-from-scratch-with-a-grated-fresh-coconut-cooked-frosting served on a lead crystal cake stand, but it’s a good cake and one you will want to try, and, I suspect, use often for family dinners.... Continue Reading »

I want you to cook a pan of spoon bread. All my life I have heard of spoon bread, but had, until recently, neither cooked nor eaten any. It has been a wasted life.... Continue Reading »

"They may be better made with butter," Helen Martin said. We were discussing her recipe for Easy Yeast Rolls, which required margarine. I had made them with butter.... Continue Reading »

Her name is Kathleen Burkett. She is 89 years young, has been a member of Lexington Baptist Church in Lexington for 63 years, has seven children and 33 great-grandchildren. And she is a delightful person.... Continue Reading »

There will be times this month and next when soup is just what you need for a cold, rainy, windy day, and this one will be a good choice.... Continue Reading »

I can still remember learning the first part of this verse, ?A friend loves at all times,? as a child in Baptist Sunday school. I now suspect that our Sunday school teacher drilled the verse into us to suppress... Continue Reading »

As a general rule, men don't like several foods mixed in a dish, topped with grated cheese, baked at 350 degrees for 30 minutes, and called a casserole. They like a meat, a vegetable, a starch, a bread, a... Continue Reading »

You can’t eat Catfish Stew in the dining room. You have to eat Catfish Stew (1) outdoors, (2) on the porch, or (3) at the kitchen table, preferably with family and friends.... Continue Reading »