Mary Haymaker - Food Blogger
Teacher by day, food photographer and writer by night, Mary Haymaker started the blog Chattavore in 2011 to spotlight all the fantastic local restaurants cropping up in her hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee. It quickly became apparent that her teacher's salary was not going to support the amount of dining out it would take to build a blog solely on restaurant writing.
Armed with a huge cookbook collection and a healthy love for kitchen gadgets, Mary started photographing the creations she whipped up in her kitchen. With the memories of her grandmother's kitchen still fresh in her mind, she determined to start from scratch as much as possible. She also decided that local is not just best where restaurants are concerned but also where ingredients are concerned. She obtains as many of her ingredients as possible from Chattanooga-area farmers and small-scale food producers and is on a first-name basis with the people who sell her milk and coffee.
Mary lives near Chattanooga, Tennessee with her musician husband Phil, a fluffy grey cat named Stella, a ton of cookbooks, and a whole lot of shoes.
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Mary's Recipes on FaveSouthernRecipes:
Apple Cinnamon Baked French Toast
Bacon Cheeseburger Soup Recipe
Barbecue Chicken Skillet Cornbread
Beer-Battered Fish with Oven-Baked Fries
Beer Battered Zucchini and Yellow Squash
Biscuit and Cornbread Dressing Recipe
Biscuits and Sausage Breakfast Casserole
Blueberry Pineapple Pie with Coconut Topping
Breakfast Pull Apart Bread Recipe
Buffalo Chicken Spaghetti Casserole
Cajun Chicken Thighs with Cheesy Grits
Cheesy Artichoke and Potato Bake
Chick-Fil-A Copycat Frosted Lemonade
Cinnamon Peach Breakfast Crisp
Cracker Crumble Poppy Seed Chicken
Creamy Mac and Cheese with Spinach
Creamy Mushroom and Wild Rice Soup
Fluffy Southern Banana Pudding
Fried Chicken and Waffles Sandwich
Fried Green Tomatoes with Alabama White Sauce
Fried Pickles with Buttermilk Lime Dressing
Grandma's Southern Macaroni Salad
Grits and Eggs with Mushrooms, Smoked Gouda, and Bacon
Homemade Banana Pudding Poke Cake
Homemade Pancake Syrup a la Blueberries
How to Make Deviled Eggs with Cheese
How to Make Poutine Southern Style
Jazzed-Up Cornbread Panzanella Salad
Lightened-Up Broccoli Cranberry Salad
Mary's Best Green Bean Casserole
Mini Southern Black Bean Burger Recipe
No-Fuss Hummingbird Sheet Cake
One-Skillet White Chicken Lasagna
Oniony Slow Cooker Pot Roast Recipe
Oven-Baked Bacon and Cheese Sandwiches
Oven-Fried Onion Rings with Comeback Sauce
Panko Crusted Pork Sandwich with Sriracha Drizzle
Peach Fried Pies with Raspberry Sauce
Peach Pancake Breakfast Muffins
Pimento Cheese Chicken Salad Recipe
Pimento Cheese Chicken Sandwich
Pretzel Crust Strawberry Cream Pie
Pulled Pork Cheesy Potato Casserole Recipe
Pulled Pork with Peach BBQ Sauce Recipe
Roasted Salt and Vinegar Green Beans
Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing and Candied Walnuts
Scratch-Made Broccoli Casserole
Secret Ingredient Southern Breakfast Burrito Recipe
Seriously Good Apple Dumplings
Shrimp and Corn Fritters Recipe
Slow Cooker Eggnog French Toast
Slow Cooker Meatless Taco Soup
Slow Cooker Turkey Thigh Recipe
Soul-Soothing Chicken and Dumplings
Southern Fried Chicken Cordon Bleu Sandwiches
Southern Sweet Potato and Pineapple Casserole
Southwestern Seven-Layer Salad
Spice Cake with Cookie Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
Waffle Crust Egg and Sausage Casserole
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