Black-eyed peas, simmered with cured pork and served with soupy greens or folded into rice for some hoppin John, promise a year of luck and money.

For the first time, state officials ordered residents of every city and town to conserve water or face consequences.

There are several recipes for frozen fudge pops floating around, some of which use corn syrup or cornstarch to control body and texture, and others that rely on what seemed to me to be an outrageous amount of cream.