Welcome to Cooking with Virginia!
Here you will find delicious and doable, seasonal, chef-driven recipes for home cooks along with tips, techniques, and stories. Each post features mouth-watering food photography, easy-to-follow instructions, and helpful hints for well-tested recipes from Southern chef, Food Network Kitchen Instructor, and James Beard award-winning cookbook author Virginia Willis.
You’ll also find Virginia’s signature stories chronicling formational childhood experiences gained baking in her grandmother’s and mother’s kitchen, her extensive professional experience from working in patisserie in a Michelin-starred restaurant, to the hot lights of food television, and her culinary centric far-flung travels. The recipes build on this practical knowledge and are written so that the reader feels that Virginia is by their side in the kitchen, as she walks the reader through surefire recipes that work every time. The recipes are rigorously tested and are essential, foolproof dishes you actually want to make and eat!
Bon Appétit, Y’all!
Virginia Willis
Korean-Style Pork Ribs in the Oven
Ah, late summer. It’s still high barbecue and grilling season. This means pork butts slowly smoking on a kamado cooker; burgers, brats, and chops sizzling
Putting Up: Easy Pickles and Preserves
If You Can Boil Water, You Can Make Jams, Jellies, Pickles, and Preserves Visions of exploding jars, glass shards littering the pantry like a war
Chill Out: Three Non-Dairy Frozen Desserts
Easy Homemade Popsicles, Ice Cream, and Sorbet Frozen treats beat the heat! Did you know that centuries ago, ice was hauled down from the mountains
What’s in Season: Poached Salmon
Sustainable Seafood and Seafood Watch! Isn’t that photo mesmerizing? Ethereal. Beautiful. No, don’t worry. I’m not about to tell you how to cook jellyfish —
What’s in Season: Savory Eggplant Dip
Eggplant flourishes in the scorching heat of a Deep South summer. My grandparents grew row upon row of the stately bushes, heavily laden with the
Grilled Chicken 101: How to Grill Chicken
How to Grill Chicken Grilling and Chilling The aroma of chicken on the grill is one of the most tempting smells of summer. Our attraction
What’s in Season: Best Corn Recipes
It’s high corn season! And, this summer vegetable is so versatile we’re having it nearly every meal. From sides and appetizers to entrées and desserts,
Best Tomato Recipes
It’s Hotter than Georgia Asphalt It’s super hot and the peak of summer. We may be wilting, but tomatoes are thriving! A garden-ripe, fresh tomato
Turkey Meatballs with Zoodles
Healthy Turkey Meatballs: Keto-Friendly, No-Salt, and Perfect for Weeknight Summer Supper Summer is great for grilling and barbecues, but in the height of summer when
Great Recipes for the 4th of July
Serving Up Fantastic Rib Recipes, Tender and Juicy Grilled Chicken, Pulled Pork, Potato Salads, Refreshing Slaws, and Tempting Desserts Ribs, ribs, and more ribs —