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Favorite Recipes of The Lady & Her Friends

In 1997 Paula Hiers Deen self-published Favorite Recipes of The Lady and Her Friends producing only 5,000 copies and selling them at her Savannah restaurant, The Lady & Son’s. This collection of over 380 recipes from Paula’s recipe box, with contributions from family and friends harkens back to a classic church cookbook in which neighbors share their best …

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Southern Classics: Five Ways: Traditional Recipes with Inspired Twists

To Southerners, recipes are very sacred things. Precious as any antique sideboard or inherited engagement ring, they are heirlooms themselves; memories made on our palates and in our hearts, all while sitting around cozy kitchen tables or on quilts stretched out over sun-warmed lawns. When we get together and talk about food, our grandmothers and mothers are …

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Southern Provisions: The Creation and Revival of a Cuisine

Southern food is America’s quintessential cuisine. From creamy grits to simmering pots of beans and greens, we think we know how these classic foods should taste. Yet the southern food we eat today tastes almost nothing like the dishes our ancestors enjoyed, because the varied crops and livestock that originally defined this cuisine have largely disappeared. Now a …

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Cooking Lady, The: Real Food from My Southern Kitchen

Taste sensations and family recipes that will have you saying, “Yum, y’all!” Nurtured in South Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole cooking culture, Ann Hollowell added the thrills of Tex-Mex and international flavors while living in Texas, and her move to Mississippi brought her to traditional down-home Southern cooking. As the host of The Cooking Lady, she assembles some …

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