Beschreibung:
Marie Rudisill (1911--2006) was the author of eight books, including Fruitcake: Memories of Truman Capote and Sook.Director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, John T. Edge is a contributing editor at Gourmet and author of numerous books, including the James Beard Foundation Award--nominated cookbook A Gracious Plenty: Recipes and Recollections from the American South.
Sook's Cookbook brims with delicious, uniquely southern recipes such as green olive jambalaya, watermelon rind preserves, and poinsettia cake, as well as classic buttermilk biscuits and lemon meringue pie. In his foreword, Gourmet contributing editor John T. Edge calls Sook's Cookbook "one of the most compelling regional cookbooks of the latter half of the twentieth century." He celebrates Marie Rudisill's character and spiritfrom her sassy appearances on the Tonight Show, where she became known as the "Fruitcake Lady," to her deep appreciation of the people and the old southern ways she knew and loved in Monroeville, Alabama. Much more than a cookbook, these pages pay homage to a small town in the Deep South and the intriguing people who made it come alive.