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Cornbread and Buttermilk, a Southern Puppy story.
“Just Two Crazy Kids and a Puppy”.
The Cornbread and Buttermilk: Southern Dogs Manifesto
“Food, Family & the Faithful Dog”
“Here in the South, the kitchen may be the heart of the home,
but the dog lies faithfully beside the hearth.
We believe:
- A Southern dog is more than a pet—they’re kin.
- Dogs are woven into our stories, fields, porches, and family traditions.
- Training a puppy is a sacred rite of patience and love.
- A dog is a bridge between generations—Granddaddy’s bird dog, Mama’s porch guardian, our children’s playmate.
- The South teaches us to live slow, savor moments, return to the land—and a dog teaches us the same.
- Kitchens, gardens, and hunting fields share one truth: life tastes sweeter when shared with a good dog.
- We honor the dogs who came before, celebrate the pups just starting out, and cherish the lessons they teach us.
We will laugh, learn, and love alongside this new life in our household.
Here, we lift up:
- Stories of the dogs who shaped our memories.
- Practical wisdom for raising and training pups with gentleness and respect.
- Tales from our region—coon dogs in the hollers, bird dogs in pine country, yard hounds by the clothesline.
- The way dogs bring families together and root us deeper to a place.
Our pledge:
To tell stories that smell of wood smoke, wet leaves, biscuits on Sunday morning—and a puppy asleep under the table.
To teach with humility.
To speak with gratitude.
To welcome every listener to the porch, where puppies tumble in the grass and memories live on.
This new chapter is for our puppy—Truffles, and for all Southern family dogs, past and future.
Thanks to John, “The Cleaning Guy”, for keeping the studio clean and fresh, he can be reached at (404) 980-9327
Send Cornbread a voice mail at his Speakpipe link https://www.speakpipe.com/Cornbread
Episodes
91 episodes
Family and The Faithful Dog
“Food, Family & the Faithful Dog”Here in the South, the kitchen may be the heart of the home,but the dog lies faithfully beside the hearth.We believe:A Southern dog is more than a pet—they’re kin.
Parks, a Pup, and Horses in the Morning Mist.
Now, folks, every dog’s got to start somewhere, and Truffles chose Episode 89 to make his big studio debut—walking in like a four-legged celebrity who already expects his own green room and a bowl of Dr. Marty’s finest puppy recipe.Papa ...
Truffles Goes to School: Lessons from Jenny, Mike, and the Road to Discipline
There comes a moment in every young hound’s life when the good Lord nudges them—ever so gently—toward the straight and narrow. And in our little corner of Canton, where the pines lean in like old aunties waiting for gossip, that moment arrived ...
Truffles Meets Santa & the Parks That Hold Our Hearts
In this episode of Cornbread & Buttermilk, we do what decent people often do when the season turns—we put the dog in Jasper the Jeep and go looking for meaning in an unlikely place. Truffles, still young enough to believe the world is mostl...
Jimmy Carter: Georgia’s Humble Son, America’s Guiding Light
In the shadowed corridors of Georgia pines, where rivers run deep and history clings like morning mist, a man of quiet conviction once rose from the red clay of Plains to shape the destiny of a nation. President Jimmy Carter—peanut farmer, stat...
Grits and Groceries: Surviving the High Cost of Living
“The price of food these days feels like a bad dream whispered on a sweltering summer night—a shadow creeping over the kitchen table, turning even the humblest meal into a luxury. But here in the South, we know how to make something out of noth...
A Heartfelt Southern Farewell: Honoring Mama Doris & Nathalie Dupree
I finally finished editing Episode 54 of Cornbread & Buttermilk, Season 2. In this episode, we reflect on the loss of two great Southern culinary giants: Nathalie Dupree and my mother, Mama Doris. Their passing came just a week apart, leavi...
Pesto & Charcuterie: Elevate Your Flavor, One Bite at a Time.
There’s a certain magic in a sauce made from scratch, a whisper of fresh basil crushed between your fingers, the sharp bite of garlic mellowed by the richness of good olive oil, and the nutty warmth of toasted pine nuts coming together in perfe...
“Tap Dancing to 100: The Rhythm of Longevity”
If life is a dance, then longevity is all about keeping in step—one joyful movement at a time. Across the world’s Blue Zones, from the sun-drenched hills of Sardinia to the serene shores of Okinawa, the secret to a long, vibrant life isn’...
Southern Secrets to Longevity: Blue Zone Wisdom for Your Table
Have you ever wondered what it takes to add a few more good years to your life without giving up the foods that taste like home? In this episode, we’re serving up a heaping helping of Blue Zone wisdom with a side of Southern comfort. From...
Live Long, Eat Southern: Blue Zone Recipes with Soul
Since we are focusing on Blue Zone-inspired meals with a Southern twist, how about a Sweet Potato and Black-Eyed Pea Bowl? It’s hearty, plant-based, and pulls from Southern staples with a Blue Zone flair.The black-eyed peas whole would b...
A Spoonful of Tradition, A Dash of Longevity: Southern Blue Zone Secrets
The past lingers in the South like the scent of something slow-simmering on the stove—rich, deep, impossible to ignore. History doesn’t just live in books here; it rides the wind through the Spanish moss, it hums in the cicadas’ song, it turns ...
The Golden Cure: Turmeric, Tales, and Timeworn Wisdom
The old folks knew things science is just now catchin’ up to. Remedies whispered from porch swings and pinewood kitchens, passed down in the language of cast-iron and calloused hands. And in the heart of every cure—something golden, something a...
Cracking the Past: Black Walnut Pesto and the Man Who Saved Heirloom Apples
Deep in the Southern woods, where the land itself keeps its secrets, the Black walnut tree stands like an old sentinel, its roots tangled in the past, its fruit bitter and rich as memory. Folks used to crack those stubborn shells by the fire, t...
The Carbohydrate Mystery & The Joy of Pasta
Down at the bend where the road splits—one way toward comfort, the other toward change—there’s a little table set for supper. The lace is old, the candles flicker low, and the scent of something creamy and sinful hangs in the air like a w...
April Festivals, Fairs, and a sunny Georgia spring
Spring has come to Georgia like a hymn on the breeze—dogwoods in bloom, festivals in full swing, and treasures hidden in the holler. In this episode of Cornbread & Buttermilk, we wander through fairs, feasts, and a secret or two buried just...
The Mystery of The Hare in The Holler, and The Easter Blessings
They say just ’fore sunrise on Easter Sunday, when the dew clings like lace to the dogwood blossoms, and the whip-poor-wills hush their call, a long-eared shadow slips through Bean Creek Holler. No sound but the soft thump of paws on pine straw...
Fresh from the Field: How Farm-to-Table Feeds the Body and the Soul”
“Well hey there, friends — welcome back to Cornbread & Buttermilk, where every story’s seasoned with a little love and a whole lotta flavor. Today, we’re steppin’ out under the open sky, right into the heart of Canton, Georgia, where the Fa...
Buttermilk’s Kentucky Derby Top Pick, what to look for!
“In these parts, luck is a slippery thing—more like a snake than a song. Folks will grip a rabbit’s foot ‘til the fur wears thin, or wear out a pew praying to a God they ain’t spoken to since the last hard winter. All for the hope that today, j...
Four Horsemen” of foodborne illness: Salmonella, Listeria, Bird Flu, and Norovirus.
Now back in the day, folks didn’t need no fancy scores posted on the wall. Mama could take one look at a kitchen and tell you quicker than a June bug on a porch light if it was fit to eat from. She used to say, ‘If the kitchen ain’t clean, the ...
The Secret to a Buttermilk Complexion
Now, sugar, I been tellin’ folks for years—you don’t get skin like Buttermilk’s from no fancy jar on a department store shelf. No ma’am. That glow don’t come from a bottle; it’s simmered low and slow in a cast iron pot, stirred up with love, la...
The Secrets of Martha’s Garden & Memory’s Roots
The sun’s dipped low now, casting that long Southern light where everything—every weed, every wild bloom—seems touched by gold. And as we close this chapter of Cornbread & Buttermilk, our hands may still be clean, but our hearts are dusted ...
“The Bermuda Sanctuary: A Window Over the Sea”
There are places where the ocean isn’t just water, but memory — long, blue, and endless. Bermuda is like that. A stone in the Atlantic, not large, not loud, but full of stories. The kind of place where the past doesn’t lie still, it shifts with...
Hardbound and Heaven-Sent: A Birthday Gift Worth Savoring
There’s something about a hardbound cookbook that feels like it was meant to outlive you It doesn’t blink or chirp or scroll—it just sits there, waiting for your hands and your hunger.This week on Cornbread & Buttermilk, ...
Blessed and Beard-Worthy: Southern Souls in the Spotlight
Somewhere between the hush of Spanish moss and the gospel hum of cast iron cooling on a windowsill, the South whispered her secrets into the hands of cooks who were listening. Hands that learned to measure by memory, taste by touch, and stir wi...
