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Lucy Mercer

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Food

Eating My Way Through Roswell

During the tasting tour of Roswell, we dined on Thai salads and Mama's meatballs,N'awlins beignets and Cajun fried pickles, Caribbean clam chowder and Bourbon pecan ice cream...

Food

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Colcannon (Mashed Potatoes with Cabbage)

Oh, what with shaking imaginary shillelaghs and adding o's to everyone's surname, it's impossible to avoid the silliness of St. Patrick's Day for very long.

Living

Fresh Squoze Orange Juice

Do the words "fresh squoze orange juice" remind you of a certain writer? If you said "Lewis Grizzard," then stop by for a glass of o.j. and a memory of one of Georgia's most beloved native sons.

Business

What Douglasville Needs: Pie Lab

Patch Editor John Barker recently asked the question "What Should Go Here?" regarding retail space along Broad Street in downtown Douglasville. A one-word suggestion: PieLab.

Food

10 Food Blogs Everyone Should Read (and Three are Local!)

I read blogs. A lot of blogs, mostly about food, gardening, books and home-y subjects. Here are some favorites...

Food

Braised Cabbage with Apples Recipe

A braised cabbage dish with apples for sweetness and pecans for crunch.

Food

Trying a New Apple + Tangy Apple Slaw Recipe

So many dishes revolve around the excellence of the apple (think apple pie and apple dumplings), it's easy to forget what an accommodating supporting player a crisp and sweet apple can be.

Food

A Citrus Pie to Try

In the heart of winter, produce aisles are stocked with the best of Florida's citrus, but you have to look carefully for the fruit that you can eat peel and all - the kumquat.

Food

Cranberries Are a Bargain

One thin dime won't buy much these days, but it will buy you a bag of cranberries. While shopping at Aldi Friday afternoon, I picked up bags of fresh cranberries for 10 cents apiece

Food

Not My Mama's Black-Eyed Peas

Visit my mom’s house on New Year’s Day and you will be treated to simple, humble fare – a black-as-midnight cast iron skillet sizzling with buttermilk cornbread and a pot of black-eyed peas...

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