Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialties: An Entertaining Life (with recipes)

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 gelatin
• Why most things taste better with homemade mayonnaise
• The necessity of a holiday milk punch (and,...