I didn’t want to be a chef; just a cook. And my experiences in Italy had taught me why. For millennia, people have known how to make their food. They have understood animals and what to do with them, have cooked with the seasons and had a farmer’s knowledge of the way the planet works. [...]

You can put in baking powder. You can put in crackling’s. You can even add jalapenos and bake it in a muffin tin. But whatever you do, don’t you dare put sugar in my cornbread! Read more of this essay…
Special equipment: A well-seasoned 12-inch cast iron skillet or a 9-by-9 glass baking dish
Ingredients: 3 C. [...]

“If God had meant for cornbread to have sugar in it, he would have called it cake.” — Ronnie Lundy from Shuck Beans, Stack Cakes, and Honest Fried Chicken: The Heart and Soul of Southern Country Kitchens
You can put in baking powder. You can put in cracklings. You can even add jalapenos and bake it [...]