http://www.marygauthier.com/
she is from the south (new orleans?)
and has had a restaurant (in boston)
called Dixie Kitchen.
now that her music career is taking off,
she may not have time to manage the cafe'

her first "album",
"Dixie Kitchen," (named after her award-winning restaurant in Boston), ... Although Mary now resides in New England, her music traditions come from down on the bayou in Louisianna. Riding that line of not-quite-folk/not-quite-country, more of a "smart country" stlye along the lines of Steve Earle and John Prine

also categorizes as country-fried-folk

more lyrics here--http://www.marygauthier.com/lyrics.html
no horse feathers there.