Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
It's Friday afternoon, and I'm en route to South Pittsburg for the National Cornbread Festival.
I am, in fact, going to be a judge for the Lodge Cast Iron National Cornbread Cook-off, which is great news for me as a journalist who loves to read and write and learn about food, but also ironic since I have only ever made cornbread using the corn muffin mix from the blue Jiffy box (always topped with butter and honey).
Read Lyric's story at the link in bio.
Video by Brynn Meisse
It's Friday afternoon, and I'm en route to South Pittsburg for the National Cornbread Festival.
I am, in fact, going to be a judge for the Lodge Cast Iron National Cornbread Cook-off, which is great news for me as a journalist who loves to read and write and learn about food, but also ironic since I have only ever made cornbread using the corn muffin mix from the blue Jiffy box (always topped with butter and honey).
Read Lyric's story at the link in bio.
Video by Brynn Meisse










