Christy Jordan: Getting to Know the "Southern Plate" Chef

Christy Jordan is hiding a cake in her garage.

The Huntsville writer and creator of Southernplate.com food blog has for the last eight years taught millions of readers how to cook southern. She has published cookbooks and appeared in national magazines and on the “Today Show,” Hallmark Channel, Fox News and “700 Club.”

This morning, however, she is at home planning a birthday dinner for her husband, Ricky, and the yellow Duncan Hines cake with her homemade chocolate icing and chocolate-dipped strawberries on top is stashed away inside the extra refrigerator in the garage.

“And I’ve got all the evidence cleaned up so I can surprise him,” she says. Read the article here.

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