Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialties

The humorist celebrates Southern food, Southern women, and the Southern penchant for enjoying good times in this collection of her food writing. In essays on everything from pork chops to the perfect picnic Julia Reed revels in the simple good qualities that make the Southern table the best possible place to pull up a chair. She expounds on: The Southerner's relentless penchant for using gelatinWhy most things taste better with homemade mayonnaiseThe necessity of a holiday milk punch (and, possi