“You can’t really cook soul food from a recipe, it’s from your heart,” says Kim Lisinicchia, a mother of two who lives in Saratoga Springs. “It’s all about watching.” Here is a plate of her pigs feet with collard greens and hocks with potato salad.
When Kim Lisinicchia was 11 years old, her grandmother in Savannah, Ga., taught her how to make fried chicken, collard greens and sweet potato pie Her grandma didn’t use a cookbook, and her precious recipes were never written down. “You can’t really cook soul food from a recipe, it’s from your heart,” says Lisinicchia, a mother of two who lives in Saratoga Springs. “It’s all about watching.”