Mr. Food's Simple Southern Favorites

by Art Ginsburg

Head south with Mr. Food and experience real down-home flavor and fun with his more than 225 Southern favorites. For starters, there are Molasses Muffins, Angel Flake Biscuits, and lots of other bread-basket goodies made even tastier by a rich variety of easy home-style pickles, relishes, jams, and jellies. You can't miss with Tomato-Crab Bisque, Hearty Chicken Gumbo, and other soups, chowders, gumbos, and stews, chilled salads like Plantation Fruit Salad and Perfect Pea Salad are sure crowd pleasers, along with party snacks like Spicy Hot Sausage Balls and Peach Canapes. And then there's The One and Only Fried Chicken, Glazed Smoked Picnic Ham, Fried Catfish, and Spicy Boiled Shrimp, along with plenty of barbecue from Country-Glazed Spareribs to favorite regional sauces. And wait till you try the side dishes! Dig into Cheesy Cauliflower, Home-Style Corn Pudding, Home-Baked Beans, Fried Green Tomatoes, Hush Puppies, Sage Corn Bread Dressing, and lots more! It's impossible to resist such tempting desserts as Old-fashioned Southern Chocolate Cake, Bourbon Fruitcake, Sweet Potato Custard Pie, and the rest of Mr. Food's Simple Southern Favorites.

345 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1997