Ginna Parsons

May 21, 2024 | rep-am.com | Ginna Parsons

At a luncheon on a Friday, some girlfriends were talking about a brisket recipe in the “Great Performances” cookbook by the Symphony League of Tupelo. I had bought a 5-pound beef brisket to cook for Memorial Day, and decided to try the Symphony recipe. Problem was there are three brisket recipes in the cookbook. I went with the one that was cooked in the oven and didn’t have barbecue sauce in it. We cooked the brisket Sunday afternoon and put it in the fridge overnight.

May 2, 2024 | djournal.com | Ginna Parsons

By Ginna Parsons PLANTERSVILLE - The town of Plantersville began as a settlement about five miles southeast of Tupelo's original city limits, at the junction of Highway 6 and Richmond Road. It got its name in 1872, when the post office opened. Chartered in 1890, it is considered one of the oldest towns in Lee County. Plantersville has a population of 868, according to the 2020 Census.

Aug 2, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Ginna Parsons

Aug. 2—TUPELO — At the urging of co-workers and my family, I am the last Cook of the Week I will feature in this space. If you're a regular reader, you know a lot of my background already from my column. But here are some things I don't think I've shared before. First, unlike many young girls, I didn't grow up cooking in the kitchen with my my mother, who was an outstanding Southern cook. Now and then, she'd let me watch, but the kitchen was pretty much off limits to my sister, Donna, and me.

Aug 2, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Ginna Parsons

Aug. 2—PONTOTOC — Amanda Leigh Ivy sets her sights on life goals, and then she goes after them. She wanted to join the military, so she did, serving in the U.S. Army from 2001-2005. After she got out, she decided she wanted to learn to fly, so she earned her pilot's license. "Ultimately, I decided I wanted to go to culinary school," Ivy said.

Aug 2, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Ginna Parsons

Aug. 2—Today is my last day at the Daily Journal. I always knew the time would come when I would instinctively know it was time to hit the door. I began my work at the Journal as the assistant news editor in December 1992 (my husband, Charlie, had started his job here on the copy desk eight months before). In 1994, I became the news editor, and held that job until moving into the Living Department in February 2002 as the food/home/garden editor. I was 29 and newly married when I came here.