Just Veggies, Please
When it comes to understanding Southern food, you need to appreciate the vegetable plate. While mac and cheese usually anchors the dish, it pairs in the South with special regional offerings, such as crisp fried okra, black-eyed peas, and cornbread. Yes, seconds are always allowed. (To check out our favorite veggie recipes, visit southernliving.com/features.)
Drink to This
We all know that icy concoctions are the toast of the South. Atlanta gave us Coke (pronounced Co-Cola); Waco, Texas, taught us how to "Be a Pepper"; and on beaches or piers in the summertime, Mountain Dew flows like suntan lotion. Still, as they pointed out in Steel Magnolias, the "house wine of the South" is sweet tea. Extra lemon, please.
ARTICLE BY Jennifer Mckenzie Frazier / Photography Mark Sandlin, Ralph Anderson, Joseph De Sciose, Art Meripol, John O’Hagan, Charles Walton iv
Just Veggies, Please
Drink to This