I’m home safe and sound from this amazing trip. Due to my family having the flu when I came home, I’ll be updating this post later in the week with photos and more stories of my experience. If you’d like to read about my trip to Ecuador earlier this year with OCC, please click here. [...]
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Win a trip to the Dominican Republic with me and OCC!
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FINALLY I can tell you! Check out the press release below for my big news. I’m out in Los Angeles filming a WONDERFUL new series that is exciting, heartwarming, and entertaining from start to finish. It debuts August 23rd on GSN and I can’t wait for you to see it! Press release, details, and some [...]
Jul 24 2012 | Posted in
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Now you can read Southern Plate in your favorite magazine!
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My day with Paula Deen

This contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone who participated! Congratulations to: Lucia Hames Amy Oliver Kathleen Thomas Lisa Milby Traci Collins (Traci, having problems getting an email to you. Please post on my fb page if you can so I can reach you) Summer (partial email is summer2975) Amy Van Eps Christy Schoolfield [...]
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Dear Southern Plate Family, I hope you’re all looking forward to a fun filled Fourth Of July Weekend! My in-laws just arrived from the great state of Georgia and we’ve already enjoyed supper together and are now sitting down to a family movie night. I wanted to take a few minutes to let you know [...]
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What you’ve been cooking!

Ready for Memorial Day? Here are a few recipes to help give you a head start! Be sure and visit SouthernPlate.com where you can browse through over 500 more recipes I’ve posted! Hope you have a wonderful weekend and remember, it’s not the food but the faces around the table that make the meal memorable. Gratefully, [...]
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Congratulations to the following (names and part of their email addresses included): Mitchi (mvn), Patricia (choirlady), Angel (dadul), JoAnn (oceanmist). They were chosen at random to win the Southern Living Cookbook giveaway! Thanks to everyone for joining in and watching the preview of my new Quick Fix Suppers Series! I’m excited to announce that I’ll [...]
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I’ve been busy this week and it’s all thanks to you! Taste of the South asked what food blogger you’d most like to see in their magazine and because of your response, they contacted me to write a feature in the August/September issue. I was so thrilled to join them on a photo shoot this [...]

I’m excited to be able to expand the Southern Plate family in this way by giving everyone an easier to way to communicate with each other.

Limited Edition Mother’s Kindness Basket First in Family Series, only available in April Sized to hold 9×13 cake pan or baking dish Includes Liner, Protector, and engraved Brass Plate. All Made In the USA Guaranteed delivery by Mother’s Day if ordered by April 15th What a wonderful way to honor the kindness of a mother [...]

We just restocked the Southern Plate Online Store with more Southern Plate Canister Decal Sets. The last ones sold out in about twelve hours so I’m not sure how long these will stay in stock. Click here to head on over there now! Today I’m happy to share another digest with you courtesy of our [...]
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*If this is your first time at Southern Plate, I recommend clicking here! Today I am thrilled to bring you a guest blogger who will be speaking on a topic we all need to know about! As a Mechanical Design Engineer, Richard Hall may seem an unlikely choice for a food blogger, but his heritage, [...]
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February is just days away and this is going to be a fabulous month at Southern Plate! All during February, tune in to Southern Plate for chances to win AMAZING prizes from our premium sponsors valued at over $500! *Bloggers can start entering now by blogging about this giveaway month and earning TWO chances into [...]
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Mention Southern food and whats the first thing that comes to mind? Fried Chicken, lard, deep fried everything. We have a reputation for eating what many consider the most unhealthy food out there but this reputation is incredibly unwarranted and I think mainly due to tourists stopping over and getting “authentic” southern cuisine served at [...]

We have our winner in the Southern Beauty Magazine Beauty Basket Giveaway worth over $200! Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare with StumblersShare on technoratiTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postTell a friend
Dec 20 2008 | Posted in
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I am thrilled, flabbergasted, and delighted to announce that Southern Plate was recently awarded Best Cooking Blog by Cotton Spice Magazine! Cotton Spice is an AMAZING website and online magazine that is quite simply, a Quilter’s dream come true! Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare with StumblersShare on technoratiTweet about itSubscribe to the comments [...]
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UPDATE 2011: Please note that this newsletter was written in 2008 and contains a lot of outdated information. I’m leaving it up here for those who are going back to read SouthernPlate.com in the order it was written. Have a great day! Gratefully, Christy 1. Southern Plate Is Getting Around! 2. Whats coming up on [...]
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We had 1732 entries into the Slow Cooker Giveaway! A HUGE thank you to the wonderful folks at Hamilton Beach for this! I drew a random number from random.org and assigned a numerical value to each comment and each email in my subscriber list (I did math for y’all, because THAT’S how much I love [...]
Oct 30 2008 | Posted in
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Southern Plate and Hamilton Beach are giving away another great slow cooker! The last slow cooker giveaway was so well received that I’ve teamed up with Hamilton Beach to do it again! Special thanks to Hamilton Beach for offering this Proctor Silex Plus 1.5 Quart Slow cooker, perfect for appetizers, dips, side dishes, or desserts! [...]
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I have heard from readers who had problems with their email subscriptions. Apparently photos are being covered with words and text is blending into more text to the extent of making it unable to be read at all. This is due to an issue with Feedburner, which is the service I have been using for [...]
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Several of you have asked about printer friendly Southern Plate recipes and I’m gonna give them to you! All you have to do is subscribe by email to Southern Plate. At the end of each week, I’ll email everyone that week’s recipes in a convenient, easy to print format! These recipes will not include tutorials, [...]
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