American Side
Cornbread in a black skillet, mac and cheese with a crust, slaw that cuts the smoke, and the green-bean casserole that does not need to apologize. The American side is what the table is built around, even when it pretends not to be.
Featured american side recipes
- Skillet cornbread, no sugar — Della Simmons · Oxford, MS · Della: sugar in cornbread is a Yankee idea and we do not have to host it.
- Mac and cheese, baked — Iris · Memphis, TN · Three cheeses, a béchamel, breadcrumbs that crackle.
- Collard greens, all afternoon — Iris · Atlanta, GA · Smoked turkey, pot likker, the kind of patience the green requires.
- Green-bean casserole, scratch — Iris · Iowa · Real cream sauce. Real fried onions. The original was not the cliché.
- Vinegar slaw, North Carolina — Iris · Lexington, NC · No mayo. Cuts pulled pork the way it was built to.
- Flaky biscuits, three folds — Della Simmons · Oxford, MS · Cold butter, three folds, no twisting the cutter.
- Creamed corn off the cob — Iris · Iowa · Late summer, fresh kernels, cream, butter, salt. Stop there.
- Grilled artichokes, aioli — Sam Liu · Berkeley, CA · Sam: the artichoke that proves the grill is not just for protein.
- Boston baked beans — Iris · Boston, MA · Molasses, salt pork, and an oven that does not move.
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