I live south (downriver) from Louisiana’s Cancer Alley on the Mississippi River (aka the “American Ruhr”), one of the largest collection of petrochemical & heavy industry areas in the country. My tap water comes...

expansion. The Mississippi River brought them inland. St. Louis was the Gateway to the West where many sought their fortunes in the Land Grant States. Germans and Czechs worked on cattle drives in Texas. Chinese built the...

More likely Sephardic Jews who settled in the American South. The second oldest synagogue in the US is in Charleston, and there are many old Sephardic communities in the Mississippi Delta. During the period of the Spanish...

with you Susan – great Vietnamese, Thai and increasingly Mexican and Salvadoreno to be found along the Mississippi and Missouri river valleys these days. "the incredibly delicious plate of dumplings I had while sqatting on...

OK I take it back. just read the June 2008 issue (sour cherry pie on the cover). it is really garbage. damn. no recipes of substance, the mississippi delta travel feature was incomprehensible and so so thin with content.

’s the Pinole equivalent of the Mallard in EC, or as I like to call, “The Yearbook.” Great bartenders, cheap strong drinks. I can’t imagine eating there although people do. Who cooks? Mississippi (bartender)? Mexican – Have tried...

in the Mississippi Delta. Very inspired. Mary’s BBQ at Pulaski and Harrison B- or C+ B- is probably very generous. Not bad for price. But not tip-top either. Very evocative classic Chicago shack with virtually the whole...

the Mississippi into Illinois for biscuits. The Eckerts Orchard in Belleville, IL also runs a small family-style restaurant. So we feasted on fried chicken, chicken and dumplings, BLTs, and chicken fried steak. We passed around...

OK, Ricepad, I’ll give you that one! However, it is a “to each, their own,” sorta' thing. I’m not cool with the “snap,” but that is just me. As for some of the following posts, in favor of the...

We were in a small cafe in Mississippi and ordered breakfast – I got the #3 (or something) hold the grits, I’m a Yankee, I don’t care for grits. No Problem Then the check came – 50 cents was deducted for the...

I wouldn’t be surprised if it is. I’m from Texas, my mother’s from Louisiana, and her mother’s from Mississippi. None of us have ever seen chicken served with waffles until we got to Roscoe’s....

– maybe a few of the 35" too! I realize that some of my reviews go against the current feelings on this board, but I have to stick by what I felt and tasted during our stay in that wonderful city in the crescent of the mighty...

Like a mississippi mud pie, with roasted banana ice cream? I think it would taste great. My only thought is that I’d might want another flavor/texture point. maybe a layer of chocolate sauce with walnuts? Or maybe just a...

In Mississippi, only University of Southerm Miss. grads dip their pizza in thousand island dressing. Seems to have started at the “hot” pizza spot in Hattiesburg.

, in Memphis, or Atlanta, or nearly any place in Alabama, or Mississippi. Having lived much of my life within the confines of The South, it was decades, before I first experienced “Low Country Cooking,” near...