Sights, Sounds & Tastes of Montgomery
Experience Alabama's capital through the eyes of a freedom fighter, while also taking in the cuisine and some literary history.
Pimento Cheese Crisps
A hybrid of two Southern party classics from Perre Coleman Magness's new cookbook out today.
Meet The Pimentologist
Atlanta's Ritz-Carlton has an expert on pimento cheese on staff to ensure the Southern staple is always available for guests.
Remembering F. Scott Fitzgerald at West Egg Cafe
"Great Gatsby" author F. Scott Fitzgerald died of a heart attack at the age of 44 on December 21, 1940. That was 72 years ago, but his name lives on at a westside Atlanta cafe.
Pimento Cheese, Please!
Last fall, Kickstarter featured a project with the goal of raising money for a movie about pimento cheese. Seventy-four backers, including Deep South, and $2,625 later, "Pimento Cheese, Please: A Film About the South's Beloved Spread" met its goal and was deemed "funding successful." Since then, Richmond, Virginia, filmmakers Nicole Lang and Christophile Konstas have been traveling the South in search of great pimento cheese spread and getting their film ready for an October release. Former intern Sarah Matalone interviewed Nicole about her idea for the film and obvious love of the South's favorite cheese dish.
Pimento Cheese Watch
Since we've gotten on the bandwagon and deemed 2011 the "Year of Pimento Cheese," we'll periodically be updating y'all on recipes, mentions and happenings surrounding the South's favorite cheese spread. And with filming beginning for the Kickstarter-funded film, "Pimento Cheese, Please," we predict no shortage of news. Here's what's been happening in the cheese world lately: The Jello Mold Mistress of Brooklyn, Victoria Belanger, whipped up a Pimento Cheese Jello Mold for a Southern-themed dinner party recently. See the photo here. Atlanta's Tim The Cheese Man explores how pimento cheese got to the South in the first place, whether Georgia was once the "Pimento Capital" and how the spread made its way inside the gates at the Master's in a blog post. We made Runaway Spoon's pimento cheese biscuits for our book club meeting last month, and they were a hit! We discovered the blog, "Pimento Cheese, Please" - not to be confused with the movie - which of course has a recipe for its version of Pimento Cheese (pictured above), as well as lots of other yummy, Southern stuff. Blogger Laurel Mills tweeted about eating bacon pimento mac 'n' cheese for lunch last week at Carlisle Drugs in Alexander City, Alabama. We promise we're working