Taste of the South

Granny’s Pink Rice

who I called Granny, was an affectionate woman who showed her love through food. Born and raised in the Birmingham, Alabama, area, she married my Paw-Paw, John Henry, when she was 19 years old. Granny worked as a secretary and later as a lunchroom worker when her

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