Jo Barksdale, former food columnist and author of several cookbooks, and Mary Leigh Furrh, food editor of
Mississippi Magazine, decided to join forces when they had a hard time finding recipes for party savories and sweets.
Their first cookbook, Hors D’Oeuvres Everybody Loves was the delicious result, and so popular that they decided
to embark on a second book, Hors D’Oeuvres Everybody Loves II, which is already proving to be just as appealing.
Barksdale and Furrh say they wrote the book, "Perhaps because we love people, we love parties, and we find parties
as endlessly fascinating as people. They afford a marvelous opportunity to exercise your theatrical talents by providing a
lovely setting; your culinary abilities by cooking extraordinary food; your creative imagination by planning a festive theme."
