Carla Hall

Take a bite of spring in the form of this one pot-dish filled with fresh asparagus, tender green peas, and the creamiest barley around.

Carla Hall’s juicy smothered pork chops serve up layer upon layer of Southern comfort.

A bowl of velvety grits and saucy shrimp with Carla Hall’s herbaceous potlikker at the base of it all.

In this untraditional, smoky-sweet, plant-based potlikker, Carla Hall uses smoked paprika, red wine vinegar, and sun-dried tomato paste to bring umami.

Carla Hall’s deeply savory take on potlikker is made by slowly simmering country ham with garlic and crushed red pepper flakes.

Tender roasted squash, crunchy apples, and creamy beans come together with a spicy country ham vinaigrette to create a balanced cold-weather salad.

Fall-off-the-bone chicken thighs are braised to perfection in a smoky tomato potlikker.

All we are saying, is give turnips a chance.

By adding a splash of Pernod to her fennel-based potlikker, Carla Hall doubles down on licorice-y flavor, creating an aromatic, anise-based broth suited to seafood and vegetables.

Down South, we call this a sitting salad. It can sit on the summer picnic table without wilting, so it’s the perfect potluck dish.

Smothered pork chops may be an iconic soul food specialty, but this recipe proves you can smother anything. All it really means is coating slow-cooked meat with a blanket of saucy aromatics that end up as gravy too.

If your watermelon isn’t very sweet, force it to be savory by adding peppery radishes and a quick vinaigrette. With mint strewn all over, it's super-refreshing.

Keep the fat rendered from good bacon in a crock in your fridge. It’ll make this the tastiest cornbread you’ve ever had.