Cookbook brings the taste of the south to readers across the country

April 13, 2012 - PRLog -- With spring in air and picnic season quickly approaching, what better way to celebrate than with hearty and delicious tried-and-true southern dishes?  The ultimate collection of the most cherished recipes from all over the South is now available from Quail Ridge Press in Hall of Fame of Southern Recipes.  This new cookbook contains recipes that capture the warmth of traditions handed down from generation to generation, embodying the true essence of southern cooking and bringing the heart and soul of kitchens all over the South straight to your dinner table.  

Over 400 recipes can be found in this new cookbook, representing all the best that southern cuisine has to offer.  Readers will be delighted to discover all the classic favorites, such as Luscious Pimento Cheese, Red Velvet Cake, and the Best Fried Chicken from Alabama’s Irondale “WhistleStop” Café.  Fans of Cajun and Creole fare will appreciate Okra and Seafood Gumbo, Shrimp Étouffée, and Pork and Sausage Jambalaya.  Even barbecue lovers will enjoy this collection with dishes like Southern Shredded Pork and Classic Slow-Cooked Ribs.  These time-honored standards prove that Southern food truly is all-American food.

The sheer variety of recipes in Hall of Fame of Southern Recipes is astounding.  Down-home delicacies meet beverages, salads, and appetizers, proving that there’s more to southern cooking than rib-sticking dinners!  Sweet treats are certainly in no short supply with three chapters of desserts and fancies ranging from Buttermilk Pie, to Kentucky Hospitality Bourbon Balls, to Chocolate Cream Supreme.  If that isn’t enough, to top it all off, many of these delicious recipes are accompanied by beautiful color photographs and helpful kitchen tips sure to entice home cooks everywhere.      

This new cookbook was compiled and edited by Gwen McKee and Barbara Moseley, the ladies who have produced over a hundred cookbooks in the past 32 years.  McKee and Moseley hand-picked these recipes from the database of more than 25,000 award-winning recipes included in Quail Ridge Press’ nationally acclaimed Best of the Best State Cookbook Series, which has sold more than 3.5 million copies to date.  McKee says, “Anybody can cook southern.  You don’t have to live in the South to make these fantastic dishes.  It’s all about the recipes.  However, they do NOT make me want to ‘slap my momma.’  They make me want to kiss her!”

Hall of Fame of Southern Recipes is the seventh book in the Best of the Best Recipe Hall of Fame Collection, which has been immensely popular among home cooks all across America.  On the national shopping television channel QVC, the collection’s Fresh from the Farmers Market Cookbook sold out its entire first printing of 15,000 copies in only two on-air presentations, while One-Dish Wonders sold 18,000 copies in less than ten minutes.  Each of the other Hall of Fame cookbooks sold more than 100,000 copies on QVC during their initial launch.

This cookbook will be available to the public at large in March and will be available in bookstores, kitchen and gift shops, and directly from the publisher by calling 1-800-343-1583 or visiting www.quailridge.com.