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www.MOSTmag.com || FITNESS MAG A ZINE || 17Chef, TV Hostess, Cookbook Authorwww.carlahall.com twitter.com/carlahall facebook.com/chefcarlahallBy: Brian Pricee spoke with Carla two days after signing the lease to the home of her upcoming restaurant Southern Kitchen. With an expected opening in the fall, Southern Kitchen will be serving up soulfully good southern food. Carla explained that all the sides offered on the menu will be vegetarian using the best seasonal food, with the focus on the way her ancestors ate southern food. Comfort food and southern food often make us think of fried food right? Well, Carla knows it is really about the vegetables, beans and colors. %u201cWithout giving up my heritage, what I want to do is say, %u2018I may have to change how I eat it, but I don%u2019t want to chuck my heritage because people say it%u2019s not healthy.%u2019%u201d Southern Kitchen%u2019s proud new home will be located in Brooklyn, New York. We had to ask, why Brooklyn? %u201cBrooklyn chose us. When I went to see the space I took a friend and we peeked in the windows. I felt this tingle sensation in my left arm.%u201d Even as she was pursuing other options, Carla always felt the space in Brooklyn was going to be the restaurant%u2019s home. Right away, Carla knew she would be moving into a strong community, full of life and energy. %u201cI want to know everyone who has business and lives around there. I want them to get to know me.%u201d >>>