Granny, Nana, Mamaw, or Gigi.

It doesn't matter what you call her. If her roots are in the South, your grandmother's recipe box probably includes a dish or two you've longed to recreate.

How about her legendary chicken and dumplings or the loaves of zucchini bread she always baked from her garden's summertime bounty? Does your mouth water when you think back on her Sunday pot roasts or the hash brown casserole she always made

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Published in 1851 in Charleston, The Carolina Housewife by "A Lady of Charleston" was described by Time magazine as an "incomparable guide to Southern cuisine". With over 600 recipes, this treasury of Southern fare acknowledges for the first time the contributions of African American and Native American cooks by including recipes such as Hoppin' John, Potted Shrimp, Seminole Soup, and numerous rice dishes.  Sarah Rutledge emphasized that The Carolina...

[This book was originally published with the title Hearty Vegan Meals for Monster Appetites (Fair Winds Press, 2011)]Calling All Insatiable Appetites!To anyone who's ever thought "a meal without meat is a terrible thing to eat," we've got news for you: You're about to sink your teeth into some of the best food you've ever eaten. Food that happens to be vegan but is so full of hearty flavor and taste that even your non-vegan guests-and family members-will...

Some days just call for the comforting flavors of the South. And while those days are often the busiest, your slow cooker is ready to do nearly all the work for you! Tammy Algood's The Southern Slow Cooker Bible serves up 365 recipes, covering a year's worth of dishes that let you effortlessly pair the flavors of the South with the convenience of slow cooking. Algood covers all the favorites-from whole chapters devoted to Southern mainstays such as...

'Show me a recipe with pecans, and I have to try it.' Attributing her own love of this American nut to the state of her birth--Georgia is the nation's leader in growing pecans--and to the happy fact that her mother 'hardly made a cookie, candy, or pan of Sunday dressing without them,' Kathleen Purvis teaches readers how to find, store, cook, and completely enjoy this southern delicacy. Pecans includes fifty-two recipes, ranging from traditional to...

“The Florida Keys Cookbook” is a fascinating combination of food history, local lore, and over 175 mouth-watering recipes showcasing the Florida Keys' bounty from Keys restaurant chefs and home cooks. Archival photographs and informative sidebars round out this treasured book that is a celebration of the paradise that is the Florida Keys.

Surrounded by water, the Florida Keys yields a bounty that easily could qualify as the eighth wonder of the world. The Keys can confidently boast that nowhere else in the continental US will you find fresher, more innovatively prepared fish and seafood. Special natural resources, from stone crabs and yellowtail snapper to cracked conch and key limes, are served any way you like, and the relaxed atmosphere of these restaurants is reflected in the cuisine....

Down-home Southern cooking is as much a part of Kentucky's heritage as fine horses or bourbon whiskey. Louisville's own Marion Flexner gathers Kentucky's best cuisine in Out of Kentucky Kitchens. Known as a skilled hand in the kitchen, Flexner compiled delicious and thoroughly tested recipes of Kentucky specialties, such as the Chocolate Almond Torte, Tombstone Pudding, and the Real Hot Brown. Colorful anecdotes, spanning 100 years of famous Kentuckians,...

Side dishes are the very heart and soul of southern cuisine. So proclaims Fred Thompson in this heartfelt love letter to the marvelous foods on the side of the plate. From traditional, like Pableaux's Red Beans and Rice, to contemporary, like Scuppernong-Glazed Carrots, Thompson's 250 recipes recommend the virtues of the utterly simple and the totally unexpected. Fred Thompson's Southern Sides celebrates the sheer joy of cooking and eating these old...

If it seems like Nashville is everywhere these days-that's because it is. GQ recently declared it "Nowville," and it has become the music hotspot for both country and rock. But as hot as the music scene is, the food scene is even hotter. In Nashville Eats, more than one hundred mouthwatering recipes reveal why food lovers are headed south for Nashville's hot chicken, buttermilk biscuits, pulled pork sandwiches, cornmeal-crusted catfish, chowchow,...