Taste of the South

Easy Summer Eats

AS SUMMER DRAWS NEAR, I’ve been reminiscing about the end of school. Sometimes, it feels like I’ve been in school all my life. I went to grade school and then college. Then, I taught school for 25 years. I retired and then George died, so I found myself praying for the Lord to give me a new purpose. He did! And I’m still in school teaching others how to cook!

I went to grammar school at West End Elementary in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Back then, I wore

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