An Old-fashioned Southern Summer Sunday Supper with Susan

Stormy, rain-lashed evenings have become a sort of staple this summer in Cafe Drake's neck of the woods, and yet another such night provided an atmospheric backdrop to a casual catch-up meal with Susan M. After snacks and cocktails (utterly simple but refreshing Cranberry/Lime Vodkas) we dished up a main meal of Southeast standards such as Carolina-style barbecue chicken with roasted onions, hot water cornbread, baked bbq beans, tangy coleslaw and homemade radish pickles. Dessert was a nostalgic childhood throwback of root bear floats made with chai latte ice cream. When inclement weather conditions lead to meals with great friends such as this, we say Let It Rain!