"Giusi" > wrote in message
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>> I almost bought "The Ultimate Southern Living Cookbook" yesterday for
>> two dollars (at Goodwill), but I thought: I don't have room for half
>> the cookbooks I have already, plus at least five pounds of newspaper
>> clippings! Besides, how do I know that book is really as good as it
>> implies - or that it has good recipes I don't already have?
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>> So anyway, which are YOUR favorite Southern-style cookbooks and why?
>> Thank you.
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>> Lenona.
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> The only one I have is Edna Lewis' In Pursuit of Flavor. I wouldn't say
> it was widely representative, but what there is has a reason for being and
> there are no canned soups of refrigerated doughs, either.
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Althought I don't have it (shudder, gasp! - Yes CHRISTINE this is one I
DON'T have), Miz Edna is highly regarded as THE authority on southern
cooking. She is what Paula Deen only WISHES she were.
-ginny