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A plate of biscuits with tomato gravy
A plate of biscuits with tomato gravy

Food Writing

Tomato Gravy & Biscuits Story + Recipe

This recipe just makes me smile due to all the goodness it's brought to me. I first wrote about Tomato Gravy in September 2010 for the original A Cook and Her Books, my blogspot blog. This is
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Abra Lee touches the bricks at Oakland Cemetery

Garden Writing

Abra Lee’s “Conquer the Soil” on Salvation South

My story about horticulturist and historian Abra Lee and her upcoming book, "Conquer the Soil: Black America and the
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Women and orchids | Photo by Debbie Wolfe/A Cook and Her Books

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My Garden Trippers

I am grateful that I'm comfortable in my home. I expressed this sentiment many times in the early months of the
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Garden Writing

Read “Mr Portwood’s Tomatoes” in Salvation South

It's a true story: the best tomatoes I ever ate were grown by Mr. Portwood in his home garden. I share how I got to know
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