Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

If things are getting a little sticky around here it's because this is sorghum harvesting time in Arkansas. On Saturday, the Heritage House Museum in Mount Ida will celebrate all things rich, gooey ...

When chef Josh Feathers was growing up in Tennessee, his grandmother always had a jar of sorghum syrup in the cupboard. But he never gave much thought to it, or its significance to Southern culture.

In the days leading up to the Blairsville Sorghum Festival, Cecilia Pruitt was hard at work in her kitchen, baking 2,000 sorghum syrup cookies. She pulled a wedge of dough from the refrigerator and ...

Pork with mustard and molasses reminds me of my grandmother. Every summer, she would roast a fresh ham slathered with mustard and molasses. It was an all-day affair and the house would smell heavenly.

It can be made similarly to maple syrup in batch pans, or with a continuous flow pan for larger operations. Sweet sorghum syrup. To some, this liquid foodstuff is a bit of mystery. What is it? How is ...

This is my go-to salad for any dinner party, not only because it’s refreshing, but also because it utilizes an important ingredient. Sorghum is a cereal grain that is crucial to food security in Ghana ...

This is a traditional Southern sweetener, made from the juice of sorghum cane that has been boiled until it reaches a syrup consistency. John and Emma Guenther, who live in the small Tennessee ...

In our earliest days of pioneer cooking and baking, the “big four” for forms of “sweet harvests,” which have provided sugar derivatives dating back to the days of the 13 colonies, are honey, maple ...