On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:39:29 -0500, Tara >
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>I afraid to play "Stump the Band" in this category with you. I bet
>you have already read or own anything I might mention, but -- just in
>case or at least for everyone else's benefit -- I wanted to mention a
>few favorites that are somewhat less known.
>
>The Cornbread Nation anthologies of Southern food writing are
>brilliant and moving. There are three so far:
>http://www.southernfoodways.com/cornbread_nation.shtml

No, I don't have that one. I have heard of it though, and of the
Southern Foodways Alliance. I think Damon Lee Fowler was one of the
founding members of that organization. They have a symposium every
year, in one of the southern states. Hmm..I just looked at the site
and you can now listen to some of the presentations. I will have to
do that a bit later on...

>How to Cook a Pig & Other Back-To-The-Farm Recipes : An
>Autobiographical Cookbook by Betty Talmadge (former First Lady of
>Georgia) is a hoot and it is interesting to hear stories from a lady
>in the ham business in the 1960's.

Don't have that one either.
>
>Cross Creek Cookery by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings is just as lovely as
>it should be.

Oh yes..I do have this book. It has long been a favorite of mine, and
some wonderful food in there. Her descriptions, and writing are just
marvelous.

I also have some books by John Egerton (sp?) on southern food. Not so
much cookbooks as talking about the foods themselves. There are some
recipes though.

Christine