Photography by Chia Chong Styling by Libbie Summers
I ♥ bacon.
Cured bacon is my vintage Chanel.
My last supper would include bacon.
I am a baconista.
I’ve been intoxicated on bacon-laced bourbon.
Until I went from spinster to wife, I had never eaten fresh oysters. I grew up in small-town Missouri and the closest I ever got to an oyster before marriage, was picking it out of my Grandma Lula Mae’s Thanksgiving dressing. Knowing what I know now, I’m not sure which shoe bottom Grandma scraped the oysters for her annual “ode to the sea” dressing from. Every great cook has one misstep, and Grandma’s oyster dressing was her achilles heel.
Behind the scenes: The Whole Hog Cookbook
Photography by Chia Chong Styling by Libbie Summers Production Assistant: Candace Brower Model: Anna Heritage It’s peanut harvesting season in southern Georgia. While we were in Candler County shooting this […]