Southern Recipes Inspired by The Help
Classic Southern recipes are featured in The Help, both the movie and the novel, and are as much a part of the action as Aibileen, Minny, Skeeter, and Hilly. Here are a few of the featured foods. See an interview with the author.
Text by Ashley Kappel
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Green Beans and Red Potatoes
Minny started Celia easy with beans, and, in doing so, nailed the key ingredient of Southern sides on the head: Ham hocks.
Cook them with beans, collards, or just about anything else to infuse flavor and make the most of that bone-in ham you picked
up at the market.
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Old-Fashioned Caramel Layer Cake
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