About Us
This is my “Mama”. She taught me how to cook, tie my shoes, and say I’m “glistening” instead of “sweating”. She also gave me my heirloom rolling pin which I tend to mention quite often and never pass up a chance to photograph.
Mama has been cooking full blown meals since she was thirteen. For her, it isn’t a meal unless it involves a meat, at least two vegetables, a bread, dessert, and tea.
She is an amazing cook as was evidenced by the extra folks crowding around our dinner table each and every night growing up. Even now, I don’t know a soul who would pass up a chance to eat one of her meals.
Pretty much all of my recipes and definitely my love of cooking, came from her. Mama was helping out with brainstorming, tutorials, and ideas for this site.
Hey Everybody! I’m Christy. I am the originator of Southern Plate and come from a family of great southern cooks. People who can take ingredients they have on hand and not just “make do” but make magic at the dinner table. Fresh vegetables, cornmeal batters, our beloved White Lily flour, and tattered hand written recipes are in my blood and in my kitchen.
Armed with these recipes, my HomeEc degree, and Mama and Grandmama on speed dial, I hope to bring a bit of our heritage to you.
We’ve lived in the south all of our lives. Our ancestors were among the first families ever to settle in the Tennessee Valley. It doesn’t get more southern than this.
In 2020 I handed over the reigns of running Southern Plate to Stacey Lynn. She wasn’t born in the South but got there as fast as she could. Her love of cooking everything Southern made me excited to pass the baton to her while I pursue my dreams of Bible Study and Fellowship.
Well, that is enough about us..
Now go to the grocery store and get cooking!
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Welcome Gabi! I have been pestering Ricky to put a decent link to my site on his blog, maybe now he will!
I am sure you aren’t an awful cook! If you have any questions at all or special recipe requests, just let me know and I’ll get right on them!
Look forward to you visiting often!
~Christy
Hi Christy,
I just arrived to your blog through a link in Ricky’s blog, and I already love it! I’m an awful cook, but perseverant. All the food in the pictures looks delicious! I hope I can learn a bit from you!
You were absolutely right, I LOVED the pineapple upside down recipe! Wonderful blog and your cakes are gorgeous!! Thank you for visiting, I’ll be visiting you often as well!
Hello Southern Plate! Your blog is great. I plan to check back in for recipes for your versions of alot of the stuff I grew up on in Georgia, and I make for my family here in Asheville (not too far from you!) I’ve got a business and a blog making southern cakes for weddings and other celebrations (check out “my life in cake”) Its been a little heavy on the “my life” part and not so much the “cake” part lately, but I’ll be posting more recipes soon. meantime, check out my Pineapple upside down cake! I think yall will like it!
xo
jodi
Thank you, Arlene!! I love your blog as well and just added it to my list of favorites! Anyone who is a fan of the “impossible pie” series is after my own heart!
Hi, Christy and “Mama.” I love your blog and will visit often.
Hello, I am “Mama”. Christy wanted me to check out this website. I can personally attest to how great a cook she it. While I stick to the tried and true recipes that are mostly in my head, she is great about trying out new recipes and is always finding another one that becomes a regular with our family. For the fourth of July, she is bringing two of her famous Apple Pies! We live on the Tennessee River and are having a big crowd to join us. I hope you have a great 4th and enjoy friends and family. Mama