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I'm Kathleen! I'm an Alabama food blogger sharing my Southern shortcut recipes so my readers can enjoy traditional Southern flavors they know and love...faster.

I also love to develop recipes for brands that line up with my shortcut recipe philosophy and teach cooking classes.

As a former Oxmoor House test kitchen director, I have over 30 years experience with magazine, cookbook, plus digital recipe development and food styling.

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Watch me on WBRC's television morning shows every second Tuesday of the month on  WBRC 6 News Good Day Alabama  at 8:45 am.

Listen to my interview on The Smart Influencer on What’s Working Segment: Creative Ways to Network to Grow Your Business.

Listen to my interview on This Unmillennial Life podcast with Regan Miller Jones, RD on Shortcut Holiday Cooking.

I wrote the Matter of Taste food articles and developed the recipes for Christian Woman magazine for nine years.

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Sponsored Posts

I love to develop recipes for brands that align with my cooking philosophy of Southern shortcut recipes with a pinch of gourmet and dashes of healthy and frugal.

I am passionate about supporting Alabama products and farmers.

Alabama Peanut Producers Association

Whaley Pecan Company

Dixie Lily

Cookbook

I developed all the recipes, prepared, and styled the food for my cookbook, Magic Cakes. The cookbook was published with Hachette before I started my Southern shortcut recipe blog so the recipes are not necessarily shortcuts but they are FABULOUS!

Oxmoor House Cookbooks

Although I've worked on hundreds of cookbooks over the years while working with Oxmoor House, Southern Living Little Jars, Big Flavors, is one of my favorite books to work on.

I was the food stylist and developed several of the recipes including the pickled jalapenos front and center on the cover.

Most of my test kitchen career was spent in the Southern Progress test kitchens (Oxmoor House, Cooking Light, Coastal Living). 

I've developed hundreds of recipes for brands such as Oxmoor House cookbooks: Southern Living, Cooking Light, and Weight Watchers Annual Recipes; magazines such as Christian Woman and Coastal Living.

Other publications include Pillsbury and Betty Crocker. Many of my recipes have been featured on the covers of these publications.

Food Styling

Yogurt Mountain

Yogurt Mountain was a client for many years. You can find my food styling on their website, inside on the walls and outside on window campaigns.

I've also styled food for Coastal Living, Parent magazine, and Christian Woman magazine.

Alabama Dept. of Tourism

Pictured below, I was one of two food stylists to work on the Alabama Department of Tourism's "Year of Food" project with Lucky & Co. advertising agency and Becky Luigart-Stayner, photographer.

The project featured food from popular Alabama restaurants on their website as well as 100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama. The project was turned into an Art of Alabama travel exhibit that started in New York. Here's a few pics. See if you can recognize the restaurant and the dish!

Cooking Classes & Holiday Cooking Show

I teach Instant Pot, Air Fryer and occasionally special request cooking classes for libraries, hotels, and churches.

Holiday Cooking Show. November 14, 2022 was our 5th Annual Holiday Cooking Show benefiting Outdoor Ability Foundation. Highly entertaining cooking show where Kathleen demonstrates Southern shortcut Christmas and Thanksgiving recipes on stage. Included at the show at the Gardendale Alabama civic center is a silent auction, dessert and coffee at intermission, free recipe booklet and door prizes galore! Get more details on the next Holiday Cooking Show.

Want to work with Kathleen Phillips?

Email me at gritsandgouda@gmail.com to see how I can help your business with my Southern shortcut recipe development, food styling, sponsored posts, editorial articles, cooking classes and brand/commodity ambassador.

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