Preserving Our Family Legacy One Recipe at a Time

Over 30 years ago Theodore Felton Sr. and his wife Barbara founded Theo's Southern Style Cuisine Restaurant. The family run restaurant was located at the iconic arch linking Johnson City and Binghamton. Theo' became known as the place to go for that “home cooked meal.” Over the years, Theo' became legendary throughout Upstate New York and now we are proud to deliver our award-winning savory sauces into your home. These sauces have been created with love and perfected by our family for generations.

Theo' Southern Style Cuisine
Founded in 1991 by Ted & Barbara Felton



As the exclusive wholesale provider of Theo's brand product line, My Legacy Foods was established in 2016 by Linda Felton Osborne to carry on the legacy started by her parents: Theodore (Theo) Roosevelt Sr. and Barbara J. Felton (Mrs. Theo). Founders of the Legendary Theo's Southern Style Cuisine restaurant. My Legacy Foods is a minority-owned and woman-owned small business operated in Binghamton, N.Y.

Linda created an entire cuisine (Theo's Sweet & Sassy Cuisine) to demonstrate how she uses just one of the sauces to promote healthy lifestyles and teach others how to modify recipes to help meet specific health needs.

The Sweet & Sassy Experience is a mobile pop-up service that allows us to use our gifts to serve and share everywhere! Increasing the focus on balanced nutrition and understanding the impact of food choices on health disparities throughout many communities!

Cookbook

Theo's Sweet & Sassy Cuisine
by Linda Felton

The inspiration for the book originated from our familys restaurant, Theo's Southern Style Cuisine and the title is from one of our award-winning sauces (Sweet & Sassy). The author captures her familys journey from South Georgia to upstate New York and shares the familys relationship and legacy with food. Readers can enjoy a savory slice of our history with food and sample recipes created by a family of cooks, bakers, chefs and candy makers. Our heritage includes entrepreneurs and business owners that have sowed the seeds as farmers and gardeners so the next generations could enjoy the harvest.

Theo's Sweet & Sassy Cuisine is not just another cookbook, but a cohesive collection of culinary experiences to share our love and legacy with food. The author highlights the upstate New York region to increase the awareness of an area that is unknown by some outside the state. Whenever New York is mentioned, many people automatically assume New York City. My desire is to change that perception since there is so much to experience in the state.

The author encourages readers to step outside of their comfort zone and explore other cultures, using food as the common bond. The exchange of cultures brings people together and diversity is what makes communities stronger.