If music is the soul of Tennessee, food is the heart. This collection of nearly 400 classic Tennessee recipes from 76 favorite cookbooks across the state offers a symphony of flavorful dishes.

Best of the Best from Tennessee Cookbook features homestyle Tennessee cooking: smoky BBQ Baby Backs on the grill, Aunt Martha's Buttermilk Cornbread in the oven, Old-Fashioned Southern Bread Pudding on Grandma's kitchen table. There's also Smoky Mountain Peppermint Bark, Front Porch Barbecue Glaze, and Tennessee River Mud Pie. Photographs, illustrations, and interesting facts about the state make the book fun to read.