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Blackberry Cobbler

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:40:37 +0000

Blackberry Cobbler is an icon Southern dessert made with a sweeten blackberry filling and a biscuit like topping. This recipe is a Blue Ribbon winner. It started with blackberries that grew by the railroad track in Geneva, Alabama just down the street from my grandparent’s house in the Cotton Mill Village. I spent a lot...

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Pink Lemonade Pie and the Fancy Bridge Ladies

Jackie Garvin — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:16:17 +0000

One summer, in the mid 1960s during one of my visits to my grandparent’s house in Alabama, my aunt from Baton Rouge came for a visit, also. My Aunt Ellen was my mother’s only sister. Actually, she was my mother’s only sibling. My grandmother’s first child was a boy who didn’t survive birth. Aunt Ellen...

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Happy Birthday, Co-Cola! (recipe: Coca-Cola Cake)

Jackie Garvin — Thu, 12 May 2011 03:16:21 +0000

Two American symbols are celebrating their 125th birthdays this year. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France that originally symbolized the friendship established during the Revolutionary War. The unveiling took place October 1886 on Liberty Island has been the permanent home for Lady Liberty. Thousands of spectators were on hand to...

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