Before baking powder, there was muscle. Beaten biscuits are what Southern cooks made when they needed a biscuit that lasted for days, and they are worth every minute of effort. Beaten biscuits are not like any biscuit you have made before. They are dense, pale, and crisp. They … [Read more...] about Beaten Biscuits: The Southern Staple That Almost Disappeared
Derby party food
Benedictine Spread: Louisville’s Best-Kept Secret
A Louisville caterer invented this cucumber cream cheese spread in the 1890s. It has been a Derby staple ever since. Outside Kentucky, almost nobody knows it exists. Benedictine spread is one of those recipes that belongs so completely to one place that it never quite travelled. … [Read more...] about Benedictine Spread: Louisville’s Best-Kept Secret
