By Talya Tate Boerner of Grace, Grits and Gardening

Talya is a delta girl who grew up making mudpies on her family’s cotton farm in Northeast Arkansas. After thirty years as a commercial banker in Dallas, she has returned to the state she loves. Talya blogs at Grace, Grits and Gardening and has been published in Arkansas Review, Front Porch Magazine and several on-line publications including Only in Arkansas. She was recently selected as a regular freelancer for the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. Talya has two grown children, two miniature schnauzers and one workaholic husband. She loves to cook and believes most any dish can be improved with a side of collard greens.