Sunflower County’s Claiborne brought good taste to America
by Lynn Lofton
Published: June 3,2012
Tags: arts & culture, cooking, Craig Claiborne, culinary, food critic, restaurants, Southern fusion
Craig Claiborne falls into the category of Mississippians who made good. The quiet gentleman from Indianola had a tremendous influence on eating in America. He was reared in his mother’s boarding house where he ate traditional Southern cooking, which we know is tasty but laden with fat and calories. It was quite a leap from [...]
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