While visiting the Guinea Heritage Association’s Christmas party I had the pleasure of visiting with many friends. One of them, Hamilton Williams, wanted to make sure I knew about Helen Jenkins’s clam chowder and dumplings stating “she is such a great cook.” The subject and name rang a bell and I told him I would check into the matter. Upon arrival to the office, I immediately began researching. Didn’t take long, as I found a story about Helen Jenkins included in our publication, “Every Week a Day in Your Kitchen.” Her cooking had been featured in the Gazette-Journal on October 3, 1991. At that time of her life, Helen and her husband Braxton lived in Maryus, about 50 yards from the house she grew up in and “where I learned to cook.” It was also when she was cooking three meals a day and making a lot of biscuits, “My grandchildren’s favorite request.” From childhood to adulthood, cooking was a big part of Helen’s life. She and her stepdaughter Trisha participated in the Guinea Jubilee w...