Drinking Quote by Patti Smith

Because I am southern, I love serving mint juleps in silver cups with a sprig of mint as guests enter.

— Tinsley Mortimer

Sweetened ice tea is one of the things I love about the South, right up there with homemade biscuits and cheese grits.

— Emily Giffin

The South's cuisine is often likened to gumbo - a thick and bubbling melange, spiked with a little bit of this, a little bit…

— Jonathan Miles

I was mixing iced tea and lemonade in my kitchen since as long as I can remember. It wasn't until some time in the…

— Arnold Palmer

“Potato salad in the South is nothing less than the principal smuggler of cholesterol into the festive, careless heart. It is pure poison beneath…

— Padgett Powell

“All Carolina folk are crazy for mayonnaise, mayonnaise is as ambrosia to them, the food of their tarheeled gods. Mayonnaise comforts them, causes the…

— Tom Robbins

I come from Yorkshire in England where we like to eat chip sandwiches - white bread, butter, tomato ketchup and big fat french fries…

— Helen Fielding

I'm from Georgia and grew up eating Chick-fil-A. I'm obsessed with all forms of fried chicken, like chicken briskets and chicken sandwiches.

— Kelley O'Hara

Americans are experiencing a general hunger for authentic regional cuisine, of which Southern food represents one of the best and oldest examples.

— Marcie Cohen Ferris

“Images of food rushed through her head, surprising her. Fried chicken. Sweet jalapeño mustard. Mashed potatoes. Biscuits. And a pie. Big and sweet, strawberries…

— Linda Francis Lee

“Well, I declare!: The tradition of “family style” eating, sitting at a long table and taking your portion from a large communal bowl, started…

— Deborah Ford

I think Tabasco brings me pure heat and Southern kind of familiarity, along with the vinegar and the barrel-aged spices.

— Mario Batali