GEORGIA, — Two beloved Southern dishes are now part of Georgia’s official state symbols. Whether it’s baked from scratch or made with a box of Jiffy mix, Cornbread has been named the official state ...

MACON, Ga. — If you've ever had some classic Georgia cornbread and thought, "This is what Georgia cooking is all about," you might have the same opinion as four Georgia state legislators. House Bill ...

House Bill 14 proposes designating cornbread as Georgia’s official state bread, highlighting its historical and cultural significance. Cornbread has deep roots in Indigenous cuisine and later became a ...

ATLANTA - Georgia lawmakers are currently grappling with the weighty decision of designating cornbread as the official state bread. Yes, you read that right – bread. In a state where political debates ...

ATLANTA — Citing colorful history and traditions in Georgia, and acknowledging food and legacy have long been tied together in the state, four members of the Georgia House of Representatives ...

There is bipartisanship in Georgia, at least when it comes cornbread. NPR's Don Gonyea talks with Kasey Carpenter, a GOP lawmaker about his bill naming cornbread as the state bread. Great cooks know ...

GEORGIA, USA — Whether you use the Jiffy mixture or bake it from scratch, cornbread is a Southern staple, and state lawmakers are finally recognizing it. Before Georgia lawmakers threw their papers in ...

Georgia lawmakers have cooked up the most corn-troversial bill of the session: a proposal that would crown cornbread as the official state bread. The tribute to the Southern baked good cleared the ...

While many states have a plethora of foods recognized as “state foods,” it seems one southern state is looking to add cornbread to its growing palette… yes, that’s right— cornbread. A new bill has ...

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Great cooks know this - having the right bread can make or break a meal. In Georgia, a great bread debate recently made it to the floor of the General Assembly. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) GREGG ...