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An Easy Pickled Shrimp Recipe Kicked Off a 40-Year Friendship

Jan 7, 2025 | foodandwine.com | Bill Smith

Photo: Greg Dupree / Food Styling by Julian Hensarling / Prop Styling by Christina Daley In 1994, Food & Wine asked the legendary food journalist Jean Anderson to document a big Southern picnic hosted by husband and wife Ben Barker and Karen Barker. Perhaps one like you’d go to after church on a summer Sunday. Ben and Karen owned and cooked at the Magnolia Grill, the much-loved restaurant in Durham, North Carolina.
Fried Oysters You'll Want To Eat By The Bushel

Nov 2, 2024 | southernliving.com | Bill Smith

Crispy, salty, juicy—is there a Southern seafood delicacy more coveted than fried oysters? In this recipe, Bill Smith combines self-rising flour and corn flour to create a dredge that fluffs and fries up exceptionally crispy, yielding golden, crunchy oysters you’ll finish eating before you even knew you started.
So Long, for Now, to Mama Dip’s

Aug 5, 2024 | gardenandgun.com | Bill Smith |Gabriela Gomez-Misserian

When I retired from Crook’s Corner in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a few years ago, I imagined that I would, at last, have time to do cool things at home like fry chicken. Wrong. It’s hard to fry chicken for one person and then, what are you supposed to do with all of that grease? Besides, Mama Dip’s Kitchen was a five-minute bike ride away and the pros there made fried chicken every day.
'Green' Peach Salad

Jul 23, 2024 | southernliving.com | Bill Smith

A favorite of regulars at Crook's Corner in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this peach salad is ideal for unripe fruit. By Bill SmithPublished on July 23, 2024Recipe tested by Southern Living Test Kitchen Photo: Victor Protasio, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Lydia Pursell Sometimes you end up coming home with some unripe peaches despite your best efforts, especially if you buy a whole bushel of them.
Peach-Mango Salad With Avocados

Jul 20, 2024 | southernliving.com | Bill Smith

Sweet and spicy, this peach and mango salad features some of our favorite summer fruits. By Bill SmithPublished on July 20, 2024Recipe tested by Southern Living Test Kitchen Photo: Victor Protasio, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Lydia Pursell This peach-mango salad is a riff on some of the things my friends from Mexico have taught me about food: They often pair fruit with something picoso ("spicy" in Spanish).
Peach And Tomato Salad Will Be On Repeat Until The Last Days Of Summer

Jul 17, 2024 | southernliving.com | Bill Smith

A peach and tomato salad with an herby, bright dressing isn't the first combination you might think up—but you will dream about it soon. By Bill SmithPublished on July 17, 2024Recipe tested by Southern Living Test Kitchen Photo: Victor Protasio, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Lydia Pursell This peach and tomato salad was the result of a brainstorm between me and Southern Living Deputy Editor Lisa Cericola.
Bill Smith On Atlantic Beach Pie

May 27, 2024 | southernliving.com | Bill Smith

Smith had no idea that a dessert from his childhood would become an overnight sensation.
The Rules of Firepit Season

Jan 8, 2024 | gardenandgun.com | CJ Lotz |Gabriela Gomez-Misserian |Beth Ann Fennelly |Bill Smith

One recent cold evening in a South Carolina backyard, I watched my husband, Max, and some of our friends step through a very particular social dance: the guys-around-a-fire tango. Standing next to our friend Bubba’s pit, fire-loving Max and Chase Barton, who literally stokes smoke for a living at his Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint in Charleston, wouldn’t so much as pick up the poker until Bubba gave his blessing.
The Magic of Quebec City

Dec 28, 2023 | gardenandgun.com | Bill Smith |Gabriela Gomez-Misserian

When I became the chef at Crook’s Corner in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in the early nineties, I was immediately in the weeds. It soon became clear to me that in order to keep at this, I would need to escape the madness from time to time. I had a small kitchen and a small staff, and we were busy, so anyone’s absence meant more work for everyone else. Long vacations were out of the question, but a long weekend might be okay. I needed a place where I wouldn’t have to entertain or be entertained.
Sustaining Customers: Do Your Employees Think It's Too Much Trouble? #CX

Jun 25, 2023 | katenasser.com | Bill Smith |Kate Nasser

Leaders, are your employees truly into sustaining customers? Or do they think that adapting to each one and their personalities is too much trouble? If you’ve never though of this before, it’s time to focus on it. Routine customer service treats everyone the same. It comes across as humdrum and robotic. An outstanding customer experience is personalized and it brings customers back for more.