Archives for August, 2010
Robert E. Lee cake (also referred to as Lee Cake, General Lee Cake, R.E. Lee Cake and General Robert E. Lee Cake in early recipes) existed by other names long before Robert E. Lee became the South’s most beloved icon.
This citrus-flavored sponge cake is very labor-intensive, but the results are well worth the effort. This recipe is based on several written between 1977 and 1891.
Nothing seems more perfect to me on a summer day than a tomato sandwich on fresh white bread, slathered with mayonnaise and loaded down with lots of pepper and a little salt and an ear of Silver Queen corn,
Every summer when I was growing up, my grandmother and mother would get a couple hundred ears of sweet corn and spend hours shucking them and cutting the corn off the ears to freeze. We’d have that good summer corn with Sunday dinners all winter long.
Cajun, Soul Food and Lowcountry Recipes
