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Sunday Dinner: Fruit Salad

It may be the oldest Baptist church in South Carolina, and if it isn’t, I’m sure someone will let me know! Welsh Neck Baptist Church, located in Society Hill (which is in the eastern third of our state, about... Continue Reading »

Sunday Dinner: Waldorf Hotel’s Famous Salad

Summer is here, and it’s time to have fun with relatives, friends and acquaintances. I have written about this before, even recently, but it needs repeating: Be hospitable. The Bible gives us many examples of hospitality. One is in... Continue Reading »

Sunday Dinner: Jay’s Cabbage, Chinese Style

You will like today’s recipe because it is easy to prepare, is inexpensive, makes a large amount, and produces a good-tasting dish. I tried (I really did) to locate Mrs. Edward L. Byrd, who contributed today’s recipe. I was... Continue Reading »

Sunday Dinner: Hampton Plantation Shrimp Pilau

If you are from the eastern part of our beautiful state, you will know this recipe is pronounced “per-low,” and not as the spelling suggests. Whether you live from the sea to the mountains, you will like this dish... Continue Reading »

Sunday Dinner: Mississippi Mud Cake

(Edited April 27, 2017) It has been more than 40 years since I first saw, baked and enjoyed today’s recipe. It is from “The Meal Ticket,” a cookbook published by the Westminster Jaycees in 1974-75 “in honor of the... Continue Reading »

Sunday Dinner: Eggplant Casserole

We see them in newspapers, magazines and on canned-food labels, but the best place I like to find them is in local cookbooks. I’m talking about recipes, because we know that if the contributor has his or her name... Continue Reading »

Sunday Dinner: Let’s Resolve to Be More Hospitable

We are a month away from it all. The tree is down and out, the fruitcake, ham/turkey, collards, and black-eyed peas are eaten, children are back in school, people are back at their jobs, and we are in the... Continue Reading »

Sunday Dinner: Pork Tenderloin in Apple Marinade

Today’s recipe is an easy one, and you may have prepared tenderloin in a similar way. It can be made ahead of the time you need it, giving you more time to prepare the other parts of the meal.... Continue Reading »

Sunday Dinner: Zucchini Blender Bread

From both parents, I got the “hugging” gene. My late husband Ed did not get such a gene from either parent. When both sets of my aunts, uncles, cousins, etc., met, it would take 10 minutes or more for... Continue Reading »

Sunday Dinner: Sausage-Rice Casserole

“This is good,” I heard from four of my nearby diners at our monthly church supper. Two of our children also had pronounced it a good dish when I offered them a forkful for tasting, and I want you... Continue Reading »

Sunday Dinner: Zucchini, Pepper and Tomato Salad

This recipe is similar to one published recently, and they both contain good, fresh vegetables. I saw a similar recipe in a column a couple of years ago, but I made several changes so that it’s almost a whole... Continue Reading »

Sunday Dinner: Fresh Corn Recipes

There are a lot of good things about summer, but many of us would put fresh corn near the top of the list. Your supermarket will probably offer corn most of the year, but here in our South Carolina... Continue Reading »