The cracker kitchen : a cookbook in celebration of cornbread-fed, down-home family stories and cuisine

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More than 150 recipes plus family remembrances and cultural history make up this irresistible salute to Cracker heritage. Owens's cookbook is a love letter written to celebrate the poor white people of the American South ... it is a joy to read and a pleasure to turn to--Pat Conroy. Abstract: More than 150 recipes plus family remembrances and cultural history make up this irresistible salute to Cracker heritage. Owens's cookbook is a love letter written to celebrate the poor white people of the American South ... it is a joy to read and a pleasure to turn to--Pat Conroy Content: Crosses, cakes, and storytelling over coffins : it must be spring. Easter Bridal and baby showers Funeral fare Sunday dinner Mother's Day -- They don't call them dog days for nothing. Memorial Day Fourth of July Light summer supper Fish fry From your summer garden -- All manner of unclean beast, football, and one little bitty baby, born in Bethlehem. Wild game days/hunting season Tailgate party Thanksgiving Christmas cookie brunch Christmas -- The clear, cold days of winter. New Year's day In celebration of soul Pig-picken time Hearty winter breakfast Poker night -- Pickles, preserves, and things in jars -- The Cracker pantry -- Thoughts in closing.