Best of the Best from Kentucky Cookbook: Selected Recipes from Kentucky's Favorite Cookbooks

by Gwen McKee, Barbara Moseley

Overview

From rustic-mountain simple to white-tablecloth fancy, the Bluegrass State celebrates good food. Inside Best of the Best from Kentucky Cookbook, you'll find frosty mint juleps, delectable hot brown sandwiches, everything-goes-in-the-pot burgoo, refreshing benedictine spread, and other signature recipes—including recipes from the Kentucky Derby!

Best of the Best from Kentucky was among the first cookbooks in the acclaimed Best of the Best State Cookbook Series. This completely updated edition features all-new recipes from a new generation of fine cookbooks, offering an outstanding collection of more than 350 recipes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781893062740
Publisher:	Southwestern Publishing House
Publication date:	08/30/2005
Series:	Best of the Best State Cookbook Series
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Gwen McKee's interest in preserving "real" American food came naturally. Like most native Southerners, she was influenced by a family immersed in the traditions of Southern cooking and entertaining. Over a period of many years, Gwen collected recipes that were handed down through her family for traditional holidays and reunions.

She has dedicated decades to preserving America's food heritage. Through Quail Ridge Press, one of the most successful publishers of regional cookbooks, Gwen has accomplished much of this task by creating the 50-volume Best of the Best State Cookbook Series that includes over 20,000 classic recipes. This series has sold over 5 million copies and been featured on QVC.

Gwen McKee took another important step in reaching her goal by creating the Recipe Hall of Fame Collection. The Recipe Hall of Fame Cookbook, featuring 450 winning recipes from all the Best of the Best state books, was an instant hit, selling 65,000 copies within the first few months of publication. With over 700,000 copies in print, the collection now includes Recipe Hall of Fame Dessert Cookbook, Recipe Hall of Fame Quick & Easy Cookbook, and Recipe Hall of Fame Cookbook II in addition to the original Recipe Hall of Fame Cookbook.

 

A native Mississippian, Barbara Moseley grew up on a farm in Florence, Mississippi, so her appreciation for good food has roots in her fertile upbringing. She enjoys working in the family vegetable garden and sharing the abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables it yields—both in fresh form and prepared in the fantastic recipes she loves to cook.

Barbara is co-editor of the Best of the Best State Cookbook Series as well as the distinguished Recipe Hall of Fame Collection. Barbara along with her co-editor, Gwen McKee, have published nearly 100 books.

Table of Contents

	Preface	7
	List of Contributors	9
	Beverages and Appetizers	11
	Bread and Breakfast	35
	Soups, Chilies, and Stews	71
	Salads	89
	Vegetables	107
	Seafood, Pasta, Etc.	127
	Meats	139
	Poultry	161
	Cakes	179
	Cookies and Candies	209
	Pies and Other Desserts	229
	Catalog of Contributing Cookbooks	259
	Index	275
	Best of the Best State Cookbook Series	288

Editorial Reviews

From 45 of the Bluegrass State's finest cookbooks, editors Gwen McKee and Barbara Moseley have selected hundreds of delectable Kentucky recipes. This addition to the Quail Ridge Press "Best of the Best" series includes old and new favorites like Phyllis' Rave Day Derby Pie, Hot Brown Sandwiches, and Derby Day Burgoo. This handy, 288-page ring-bound paperback contains an easy-to-use, cross-referenced index and, even more important, a recipe for Mint Juleps.