THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) I’m learning things about my own country that I never knew before, thanks to this challenge. Like, of course I knew that Washington, D.C. is the nation’s capital and isn’t Read More
THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) Fun Facts about West Virginia: They produce 15% of the nation’s coal, and there’s a house made entirely of coal in White Sulphur Springs, WV The state was originally going Read More
THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) Virginia is basically the birthplace of what became the United States of America. The first English colony was Jamestown in what is now Virginia, and many of the Founding Fathers Read More
THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) Did you know that American barbecue basically originated in North Carolina? Indigenous tribes in the Caribbean cooked meat over indirect flame using green wood to create lots of smoke. The Read More
THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) This meal was one that I’ve been looking forward to for a long time! When I think of Southern comfort food, shrimp and grits and collard greens are a couple Read More
THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) I’m so glad that I was able to make this meal during Black History Month! If you didn’t know, Georgia was the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr. and other Read More
THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) Don’t worry, we’ll get back to the continental U.S. soon! I’m personally really enjoying this foray into the U.S. territories, though, and am learning so much about the people and Read More
THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) You might be surprised that I’m doing Puerto Rico as part of my state meal challenge, but the U.S. territories deserve love, too! Puerto Rico has a population of over Read More
THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas all around me, but this past weekend, I was in a tropical paradise cooking with lots of oranges and limes to make Read More
THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) I’ve been looking forward to making this meal for so long! When I first decided to do this state meal challenge, I was going to do it in alphabetical order. Read More