NoraC
Senior Cook
Every year for Christmas dinner we do a different cuisine: Italy last year, Germany the year before, Spain before that and so forth. This year we are going for the ultimate Christmas of the American South, Virginia in focus. That is what I grew up with, but my experience of it is colored by my birth family traditions, and I want to try for the classic expression. What foods say Dixie Christmas to you? I have cancer and this Christmas will be the fifth anniversary of my husband's death, so I want to dig deep into our own cultural roots as I cook this meal.