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The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern
Knockout Dishes with Down-Home Flavor
Written by Matt Lee and Ted Lee

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $35.00

From two South Carolina-bred brothers comes the ground-breaking cookbook for new Southern cooking: The Lee Bros. Simple, Fresh, Southern. Matt and Ted Lee were raised on long-simmered greens, slow-smoked meats, and deep-fried everything. But after years of traveling as journalists and with farm fresh foods more available than ever, Matt and... Read more >

The Deen Bros. Take It Easy
Quick and Affordable Meals the Whole Family Will Love
Written by Jamie Deen, Bobby Deen and Melissa Clark
Foreword by Paula Deen

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $25.00

If you haven’t got time to waste, Jamie and Bobby Deen have the meals to make. Imagine getting dinner on the table for your family in forty-five minutes or less. In this inspired and indispensable new cookbook, Paula Deen’s sons show you how to whip up 125 delicious Southern-style recipes quicker... Read more >

Down Home with the Neelys
A Southern Family Cookbook
Written by Patrick Neely, Gina Neely and Paula Disbrowe

Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $27.95

Meet the Neelys: Pat and Gina, husband-and-wife team, hosts of their own television show, and proprietors of the celebrated Memphis and Nashville eateries, Neely’s Bar-B-Que.

The Neelys’ down-home approach to cooking has earned them the highest accolades from coast to coast. It has also won them millions of viewers on the Food... Read more >

Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies

Written by Mollie Cox Bryan and Mrs Rowe's Family Restaurant

Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $16.95

Legendary Recipes from Virginia's Queen of Pie
 
Mrs. Rowe, known fondly as "the Pie Lady" by legions of loyal customers, was the quintessential purveyor of all-American comfort food. Today her family carries on this legacy at the original Mrs. Rowe's Restaurant and Bakery in Staunton, Virginia, as well as at the new... Read more >

Real Cajun
Rustic Home Cooking from Donald Link's Louisiana
Written by Donald Link and Paula Disbrowe

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $35.00

An untamed region teeming with snakes, alligators, and snapping turtles, with sausage and cracklins sold at every gas station, Cajun Country is a world unto itself. The heart of this area—the Acadiana region of Louisiana—is a tough land that funnels its spirit into the local cuisine. You can’t find more delicious... Read more >

Reata
Legendary Texas Cooking
Written by Mike Micallef and Julie Hatch
Photographed by Laurie Smith

Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $35.00

Sophisticated yet unpretentious Western fare from one of Texas'¬?s premiere restaurants.

A destination restaurant and local favorite, Reata serves up a menu that would make any food lover--cosmopolitan or cowboy--hungry for dinner. Signature dishes like Chicken-Fried Steak and Rodeo Rib-Eye share the spotlight with fancier fare, such as the Tenderloin Tamales with... Read more >

Bon Appetit, Y'all
Recipes and Stories from Three Generations of Southern Cooking
Written by Virginia Willis
Photographed by Ellen Silverman

Format: Hardcover, 312 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $32.50

The daughter and granddaughter of consummate Southern cooks, Virginia Willis is also a classically trained French chef. These divergent influences come together splendidly in Bon Appétit, Y'all, a modern Southern chef's passionate and utterly appealing homage to her culinary roots.
 
Espousing a simple-is-best philosophy, Virginia uses the finest ingredients, concentrates on... Read more >

Screen Doors and Sweet Tea
Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook
Written by Martha Hall Foose

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 29, 2008
Price: $32.50

Gifted chef and storyteller Martha Hall Foose invites you into her kitchen to share recipes that bring alive the landscape, people, and traditions that make Southern cuisine an American favorite.

Born and raised in Mississippi, Foose cooks Southern food with a contemporary flair: Sweet Potato Soup is enhanced with coconut milk... Read more >

Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen
Recipes from My Family to Yours
Written by Trisha Yearwood

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $29.95

She’s adored by fans as one of country music’s top stars, but among family and friends, Trisha Yearwood is best known for another talent: cooking.

Throughout her life–from her humble roots in Georgia to her triumphant recording years in Nashville and a fulfilling married life with husand Garth Brooks in Oklahoma–Trisha has... Read more >

Mrs. Rowe's Restaurant Cookbook
A Lifetime of Recipes from the Shenandoah Valley
Written by Mollie Cox Bryan and Mrs Rowe's Family Restaurant
Foreword by Jane Stern

Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2006
Price: $24.95

In 1947, single mother Mildred Rowe started a small restaurant in the foothills of Appalachia. Today, her restaurant serves half a million locals and visitors a year, making it the most popular reason to stop over in Staunton, Virginia. MRS. ROWE'S RESTAURANT COOKBOOK tells the story of this Shenandoah Valley institution... Read more >

The Heaven on Seven Cookbook
Where It's Mardi Gras All the Time!
Written by Jimmy Bannos and John Demers

Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: September 19, 2006
Price: $18.95

When Jimmy Bannos started experimenting with Louisiana cooking, he transformed his Chicago coffee shop into the best darn Cajun restaurant north of the Mason-Dixon Line. Here, he shares the down-home dishes that made his restaurant a success, including Steak Po' Boy with Grilled Green Peppers and Onions, Coconut-Crusted Shrimp, and Sweet... Read more >

Queen of the Turtle Derby and Other Southern Phenomena

Written by Julia Reed

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $14.00

In classic Dixie storytelling fashion, with a rare blend of literary elegance and plainspoken humor, the inimitably charming, staunchly Southern Julia Reed wends her way below the Mason-Dixon line and observes many phenomena– from politics, religion, and women to weather, guns, and what she calls “drinking and other Southern pursuits.” To... Read more >

Smokestack Lightning
Adventures in the Heart of Barbecue Country
Written by Eric Lolis Elie
Photographed by Frank Stewart

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2005
Price: $19.95

It was while eating a big ol’ plate of steaming ribs that journalist Lolis Eric Elie and photographer Frank Stewart decided to traverse the country to investigate America’s obsession with smoked meat. Their quest took them from all-night barbecue binges on Chicago’s south side to barbecue competition circuit events like Memphis... Read more >

The Gift of Southern Cooking
Recipes and Revelations from Two Great American Cooks
Written by Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock

Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2003
Price: $32.50

Edna Lewis--whose The Taste of Country Cooking has become an American classic--and Alabama-born chef Scott Peacock pool their unusual cooking talents to give us this unique cookbook. What makes it so special is that it represents different styles of Southern cooking--Miss Lewis’s Virginia country cooking and Scott Peacock’s inventive and sensitive... Read more >

Mrs. Wilkes' Boardinghouse Cookbook
Recipes and Recollections from Her Savannah Table
Written by Sema Wilkes

Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: May 9, 2001
Price: $29.99

In 1943, a young and determined Sema Wilkes took over a nondescript turn-of-the-century boardinghouse on a sun-dappled brick street in historic downtown Savannah. Her goal was modest: to make a living by offering comfortable lodging and Southern home cooking served family style in the downstairs dining room. Mrs. Wilkes' reputation was... Read more >