Carrot Soup With a Nutmeg Infusion, and more: Solstice, December 21, 2009

Carrot soup in a splendid green bowl seemed the visual essence of the way the seasons fold into each other: winter-rootsy carrots, elevated with creams and nutmeg and looking like the returning light of the sun, in a bowl the color of new green sprouts.

Other lovely, tasty foods also graced our Winter Solstice edition of Cornbread Suppers.

Squash and potato stew, w/cumin, almond, sesame seeds ground. Chili - HOT! Veggies: KY Proud! Vegan!
made with ground almonds and spices, veggies with lemon-herb-mayo dip,
Salad with apples, walnuts, and honey balsamic dressing
Black Skillet/Buttermilk Cornbread - not sweet, no gluten, vegetarian
New England Double Corn Muffins: Sweet, Contains Gluten, Vegetarian
Chocolate-Walnut Toffee: no gluten

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Boone Tavern Spoon Bread, the 1950s recipe

We have tried spoonbreads (soft, luscious, buttery—described by James Beard as a "heavy, dense soufflé") as Cornbread Supper mainstays before, and used great recipes, but the spoonbreads always did what spoonbreads (and soufflés) do: deflate. Through serendipity, and thanks to a Cornbread Supperian, I lucked into the old Boone Tavern (Berea College) recipe for spoonbread, and it is far less droopy. Perhaps Boone Tavern developed an approach to spoonbread that preserves all its goodness while still working for a busy restaurant. In any case, with thanks to Kentucky food and foodways author and guru John van Willigen, here's an excellent recipe for that can be doubled, tripled, and quadrupled to feed spoonbread to a crowd. It did just that on Monday, February 25, 2013. From Richard T. Hougen. Look No Further: A cookbook of favorite recipes from Boone Tavern Hotel, Berea College, Kentucky. New York: Abingdon Press. 1955. Southern Spoon Bread 1955 Ingredients 3 c...

Cornbread Supper now is resting

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Nine Years of Cornbread Suppers, Plus a few FAQs for new people

Cornbread Supper, spring 2018 As Cornbread Supper celebrates its ninth anniversary, if you aren't already coming, here are a few answers to questions you may have. You're always invited. No RSVP necessary. All are welcome. Bring a dish or a bottle to share, or just come. Bring a good listening ear, children, friends, a bright spirit, a good story. There's a lot more specific information on this website: look in the sidebars and you may find answers to your questions. New people come almost every week. We do have corn-something on the table every week. Usually it's Kentucky black skillet cornbread, vegetarian and naturally gluten-free. Cornbread Suppers tend to start very close to 6 PM. If you come later, you will probably find things to eat, but there may not be many options. Every once in a while, especially in July and August but other times as well, something will change and Cornbread Supper will not be at 250 Campsie Place in Lexington, Kentucky at ...

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