When I was growing up in Alabama, certain families cornered the market on open houses for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. It was their way of wiping away a year's worth of accumulated social debts in one fell swoop, with food so delicious all the neighbors let them get away with it. -
Come On In and Eat Awhile
When I was growing up in Alabama, certain families cornered the market on open houses for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. It was their way of wiping away a year's worth of accumulated social debts in one fell swoop, with food so delicious all the neighbors let them get away with it.-
By David Hagedorn