By Kara Kimbrough I’ve been open about my obsession with soup. I could easily eat soup every day of the week with one caveat: someone else would have to make it. As much as I love and in fact, do make soup quite often, it’s a time-consuming chore if done right....
By Kara Kimbrough Every now and then I run across one of those surveys that challenges you to list the contents of your “last meal on earth.” Invariably, pasta, shrimp, garlic bread and a loaded green salad with Comeback dressing are on the list. I’m not a huge sweets...
By Kara Kimbrough I’ve been dreaming about strawberries lately. It all started when I saw a display table pilled high with “Louisiana strawberries” in the market section of Shady Acres. Located just south of Seminary of U.S. 49 Highway 49, Shady Acres is a sprawling...
By Kara Kimbrough The mental preparation has already begun. I’m steeling myself for the inevitable email that appears in my email inbox every time I write about one of our state’s most beautiful areas. A column about Vicksburg is sure to incite anger or at...
By Kara Kimbrough Not since I learned that spaghetti and meatballs are an urban myth – the two food items are never served together in Italy – have I been as disillusioned as I was recently upon learning Americans’ typical St. Patrick’s Day fare...
After highlighting some (notice, I said “some,” as there are hundreds more) of the best places to visit in Mississippi cities and towns north of the Capital City, it’s only fair that I mention a few spots further south. Spring, which seems to have...
