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A True Taste of Southern Hospitality:
The Best Recipes from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
BRANDON, MISSISSIPPI – In the Deep South, our memories and customs are intimately intermingled with our food. A taste of pecan pie or traditional cornbread dressing instantly brings with it remembrances of childhood, family gatherings and age-old traditions. Here, cooking is about a lot more than just feeding people. In sharing a beloved dish with guests, we are opening our homes, our hearts, and our family to them.
That’s what Gwen McKee and Barbara Moseley have captured in The Best of the Best from the Deep South Cookbook, published by Quail Ridge Press. With a motto of “preserving America’s food heritage” these two women, fondly known as The Cookbook Ladies, have spent over 30 years traveling, researching, testing thousands of the most popular recipes in the United States.
Want to learn the secret of how Louisianians prepare great gumbo? Or why Alabamians have every right to brag on their fried chicken and tomato pie? Or how Mississippians can serve you the most delicious plate of fried catfish with creamy coleslaw and hush puppies? “The Best of the Best from the Deep South Cookbook is full of the foods that many, many people have told us they enjoy eating,” said Gwen McKee, who has edited more than 90 popular cookbook titles with co-editor Barbara Moseley. “ We’ve examined more than 20,000 recipes to find the ones that are longstanding favorites. In some cases, we’re preserving older recipes that have gone out of print,” she said. “We’ve tested and re-tested every recipe, so we know they’ll turn out tasting great every time.”
“We used a three-part criteria for judging what went into this book: taste, taste, and taste!” McKee laughs. “My Louisiana roots and Barbara’s Mississippi background make this region especially dear to us,” she adds.
This book is the first volume of a six-book regional series that will also include cookbooks from the U. S. East Coast, Plains, Southeast, Midwest and Pacific Rim regions. Together, McKee and Moseley have also sold over 2.5 million copies of their popular “Best of the Best State Cookbook Series,” which includes editions for all 50 states. This book made its debut on the QVC Shopping Channel, where McKee has made over 300 television appearances.
The Best of the Best from the Deep South Cookbook may be ordered from Quail Ridge Press of Brandon, Mississippi at www.quailridge.com or by calling (800) 343-1583.
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