Last weekend I went to North Carolina with a friend for the Becoming Conference. We made a long weekend of it and it was a blast, despite the rainy weather.
We met lots of new people, heard some great speakers, tried out chalk paint in a furniture painting workshop, window shopped in Asheville and Black Mountain and more. One of my goals for the weekend was to sit on a swing for a while and just be. Thankfully the rain held off long enough for me to do that.
We also got to tour the Biltmore Estate. The views are incredible from the house, even on such a rainy day.
Teresa took this photo from the porch of Biltmore House. I swiped the picture from her Facebook page. I was terrible about pulling out my phone for pictures, so I don’t have many. I find that when I really relax into an experience, I tend not to take many photos.
Splurging for the Biltmore visit turned out to be a great idea. The tickets are a little pricey, but it’s so worth it. If you get to go, spend the extra for the audio tour. Hearing about the details of the house and learning more about the family really enhanced our visit.
Weekend Link
I wasn’t planning to have any links for you this weekend, but I have to link to this post. It’s been floating around in a lot of places this week and for good reason. If you’ve been needing a new perspective on something, go read this post from The Momastery.
Giveaway!
Another highlight of the weekend was getting to meet Christy from Southern Plate. I bought two copies of her new cookbook, Come Home to Supper.
One copy is for me. And one is for one of you!
Christy even signed them both:
I think you’re going to love this cookbook!
My favorite southern recipe is sweet potato pie!
Corn Pudding is the fave around here.
Ham, baked beans and banana cream pie.
It’s a tie! Can’t choose between southern fried chicken , pecan pie or sweet tea!
My favorite southern dish is buttermilk pie.
Chicken fried steak is a favorite at our house.
Fried chicken, biscuits and white gravy. Thanks for the chance! Amy
My favorite southern recipe is Collard greens with pot liquor dumplings. Mmmm, now my mouth is watering!
My mother was born in 1903 and I still make her chicken and cornbread dressing. I still can ‘t make her good dumplings tho.
My favorite is chicken and dumplins!!!! Yum…maybe cornbread and beans is a very close second!!! I LOVE MOMASTERY!!! The one you put the link to was fabulous!!!!
Sweet tea, cornbread, and good BBQ pork equal Southern food to me!
I don’t know what my favorite recipe would be b/c I was born and raised in PA but recently my 16 yr old daughter has taken an interest in all things Southern – music, clothing, colleges – it would be great to get this book and whip her up some good Southern food! Thanks!
My first “Southern” recipe that I ever ate was Banana Cream Pie and Nilla Wafers……
Southern Fried Chicken!!
Fried Okra!
“Enjoyed”
I live 2.5 hours from Asheville and my husband’s family live there. I have always wanted to go to this conference, but that is the week we go to the beach. Glad you employed your visit to NC
Peanut pie!
My favorite Southern recipe is chicken fried steak. I make it very rarely but have never had a failed attempt using Alton Brown’s recipe. It’s been FOREVER, and now my mouth is watering!!!
gotta admit I love southern fried chicken but also any veegtable soup with okra!
Love me some fried okra!
Grilled Cheese Sandwich how my Granddaddy used to make. Macaroni and Cheese how my Grandmother used to make. Fried Cornbread how my Grandma used to make. So many wonderful choices…..
Biscuits and Gravy
my favorite southern recipie is biscuits and gravy i make it from scratch and my family loves it
Just rode 55 miles on a horse at Biltmore. It’s beautiful there.
I had a very hard time choosing, as food from the ‘ South ‘ is sooooooo delicious.
I have several that I love…… biscuits and gravy, cornbread anything,chicken and dumplings, fried chicken. and fritters of any kind.
Wow!!!!! Could not decide on just one, as you can see.
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Meant to say in your mouth.
Gracie Kime’s pound cake. Melts I. Your mouth.
My favorite southern recipe is pound cake. My son even asked for it for his b-day cake last year.
I love chicken and dumplings made the way my grandmother made them. Lots and lots of dumplins and no shredded chicken. The chicken need to be kept seperate.
LOVE biscuits and gravy!
I’d say my favorite is either cheesy grits or chicken fried steak with gravy.
My favorite Southern meal is Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes with the Chicken Gravy, Fresh Green Beans, Corn and Sliced Tomatoes and Chess Pie. Yum, Yum…..
My favorite southern food is shrimp and grits!
Gotta love me some Macaroni & Cheese! Thanks!
My favorite southern recipe is collard greens with cornmeal dumplin’s. But it is so hard to choose.
pecan pralines is my favorite!
My favorite is Fried Green Tomatoes & Red Beans & Rice. YUM!!!
My favorite would be my Moms country
Ham with red eye gravy, green beans
Slow simmered with smoked ham hock,
And buttermilk drop biscuits!! YUM!!
My favorite southern dish would have to be Pound Cake…so good by itself or with butter on it…Thank you for the chance for the new book!
Pecan pie, pound cake, greens with fatback like my Grandma used to make, honey cornbread, angel biscuits, and anything from the garden that’s been “put up”
fried chicken! Thanks for the giveaway
One of my favorites has to be pineapple cheese casserole. Such a weird combo but so good.
Love that stuff. I forget to make it though. Dian
My favorite is my comfort food. It’s soup beans and cornbread. I grew up on this and fried chicken and as much as I love fried chicken it’s not favorite, soup beans and cornbread is. It brings back all my good memories of my childhood. My parents are gone now but the good memories will remain.
Fried chicken
My mother’s bread pudding–I have the same recipe and hers was always better.
Black eyed-peas with stone ground cornbread with sweet potatoes and pork chops.
For me and my husband fried catfish is awesome!
It’s hard to choose just one, but I do love fried okra. 🙂
Purple Hull Peas (field peas) with fried okra and cornbread is the best southern food.
Sue
I’m surprised no one has mentioned sweeeet tea. I do love soft shelled crabs. I’m glad you had a good time at the Biltmore. We have been there in the spring- they bring in whole blooming trees. We have also been there for the candle light Christmas tour. Both times were beautiful.
Peach Cobbler hands down!!!
Chicken fried steak, biscuits, gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans and a side of grits. Now I’m making myself hungry.
Definitely my mom and sister’s squash casserole! Barbeque is a close second.
Favorite southern recipe in our house would have to be chicken fried steak with whit gravy and green beans with any type of fruit cobbler, especially blackberries I’df my husband has anything to say about it!
our household Red Velvet cake and pineapple up side down cake are favorites for special celebrations. Both originated in the south. Another in BBQ ribs, brisket, cornbread & beans.
I love southern fried chicken or catfish served with collard greens, black eyed peas & macaroni & cheese!!!!!!…. Can’t forget the cha cha relish or fresh tomatoes with the greens!!!! YUMMY!!!!
Always enjoyed picking and cooking black eye peas with bacon.
It’s got to be chicken & dumplins! So southern, so comforting, and soooo yummy!! 😉
We are talking about taking a family trip this fall to Asheville to tour the Biltmore Mansion. We’ve wanted to go for years, but haven’t been able to. Glad to hear you had a wonderful, relaxing time! 🙂
Thanks so much for the chance to win the cookbook! God bless! 🙂
My neighbor lady made the best garden-fresh green beans with bacon. Yum!
I love chicken and biscuits on a cold night.
My favourite Sothern recipe is for fried green tomatoes! I never realised how Southern I am until we moved this summer from Arkansas to Washington.
I love all l Southern foods. But I would love to learn to make great braised greens. I could eat a whole pot all by myself.
I love good Southern BBQ and there’s some of the best in North Carolina. The Biltmore Mansion is such a wonderful tour.
My Dad’s pinto & great northern bean recipe served with his cornbread recipe.
My favorite Southern recipe? It would have to be the missing recipe for Jam cake….My dad has the cake recipe but not the frosting. So rich and sooo yummy!!!!
My favorite recipe is Low Country Boil
Fried okra and/or fried green tomatoes!!
I like southern-style vegetables like squash, pinto beans, and cornbread and my grandmother’s chocolate pound cake. 🙂
I love fried green tomatoes! I had them for the first time in Charleston, SC 2 years ago and fell in love.
Fried Chicken strips fries toast and white gravy
Fried Chicken ! Thank you .
Love biscuigs and gravy. PECAN PIE!
My favorite southern meal is fried chicken.
Red beans and rice and Peach jacks.
My precious Grandma’s biscuits & gravy – one of my fondest food memories of my life!!!
I love Southern Plate! How fun that you were in my state, albeit on the opposite end 🙂 My favorite Southern recipe (one of many anyway, since that’s pretty much all I know) is probably Chicken Pastry aka chicken & dumplings! My MIL makes the best!
Hands down – Southern Banana Pudding – Meringue not Whipped Cream ❤️
My favorite southern recipe is my moms buttermilk pie . Would love a copy of the cookbook!
My favorite southern recipe is my mom’s chicken dumplings.
Spoon Bread –miss having it now that i have moved north —
Collard greens and cornbread with a close second pimento cheese
Vidalia pie for sure….love it as a meal or a side dish…always a hit….
The best home cooked Southern recipe is my mother’s Squash Cornbread Dressing. It brings back memories.
How do you make it?
My favorite southern recipe is Southern Fried Chicken! I don’t enjoy it too often, but I love it! Thanks for offering one of these cookbooks to your readers! Very generous!
Ham and beans with biscuits and honey. Yummy, comfy and southern.