With the season of feasting upon us, the Local Palate readers clamored for recipes at an all-time high in November. A hunger for turkey and Southern-style sides drove interest. But so did recipes for roasted meats, big warming bowls of gumbo, and seasonal preserves. Readers cooked to stave off the cold and prepared for the holidays (and reached for the occasional inventitive cocktail to power through it allu
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Hannah Lee Leidy
Hannah Lee Leidy is a food writer and editor based in the Carolinas. She is currently the digital content editor for Our State magazine, a position she came into following her time at The Local Palate. Her contributions have appeared in Condé Nast Traveler, Bon Appétit, Epicurious, Culture, and Eater. She’s spent time working in restaurants in both front and back of house positions, doing everything from burning gateaux to expediting to shaking a Manhattan (don’t worry, this only happened once). An avid curd nerd, her favorite beat is reporting on boutique cheese makers; she’ll sniff out every creamery near and far whenever traveling. When not parenting a Bernese mountain pup named Ava, you’ll find her running or working on her lamination technique.
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