| Soul food recipes have traditionally been equated with | | | | smells of her homemade jams, collard greens, |
| preparing and cooking meals that took all day or even | | | | sumptuous meats and of course her signature pies |
| days like our great grandmothers used to do. You | | | | and cakes were legendary. When she cooked the |
| know where here days would normally start before | | | | alarm bells in your nose and taste buds would |
| the sun came up and continues throughout the day | | | | immediately go off just from the smells. Whatever you |
| and well into the evening. | | | | were doing the smells would immediately make you |
| I can remember the delightful smells waltzing from my | | | | stop and reflect for a minute or two on what the food |
| grandmothers home next door all the way down the | | | | would taste like you were smelling. |
| street. Saturdays were her main cooking days. The | | | | |