The Southern Yankee Kitchen

If you took a survey about comfort foods, you would soon realize that an overwhelming number of folks place macaroni and cheese at the top of their list. There’s just something about the warm creaminess of the cheese, enveloping the adorable little elbows, that fills your tummy and your heart and makes everything feel just right. A comfort food will do just that---comfort. In times of sadness or stress or simple ennui, we instinctively turn to things that we find soothing. It

I’m trying not to take it personally. Every fall, when we turn the clocks back to Standard Time, I find myself with the same feelings. How can one hour make such a huge difference in my day? Why does a change in the level of daylight turn me into a different person? How can they do me so wrong?? I do realize that Standard Time is not meant as a special punishment for me, just as sure as Daylight Savings Time is not a prize I’ve won for making it through another winter. It doe