The New Southern Cookbook - by Pam Wattenbarger & Brittany Wattenbarger (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The New Southern Cookbook redefines the taste of tradition with southern comfort recipes for modern times.

Southern food has brought comfort to families and friends for generations. To pass on the tradition, The New Southern Cookbook serves updated classics along with original recipes for today's table.

These homestyle recipes feature memorable meals along with fresh favorites that are destined to become classics. With a healthy twist on every dish--save the deep-fried food for special occasions--The New Southern Cookbook offers lighter, more healthful versions of down south recipes that you can eat any day of the week.

From heirloom recipes like Easy Shrimp Creole to new comfort foods like Breaded Pork Chops with Avocado Peach Salsa, The New Southern Cookbook guarantees that friends and family will never leave the table hungry with:

• An introduction to the southern kitchen that helps you prepare your kitchen and pantry with staple ingredients and equipment
• Classic family recipes like Fried Chicken and Buttermilk Pie that have stood the test of time
• Updated and new family recipes that offer healthier variations on suppertime staples like Squash Puppies and Bacon Pimento Cheese, plus new dishes like Honey Grilled Peaches and Garlic Rosemary Pork Tenderloin

Whether you were born with a taste for southern cuisine or developed it, The New Southern Cookbook serves up recipes for the next generation of home cooks and their families.

Review Quotes

"The New Southern Cookbook instantly transported me back to my childhood. Pam and Brittany Wattenbarger lovingly and amusingly share their favorite Southern recipes and the stories that go with them. I don't know which I enjoyed more, the belly-warming dishes or the heart-warming yarns."--Paula Burkes, The Oklahoman

"Baked Banana Pudding, Squash Puppies, and Chicken Fried Steak--this is the stuff Southern culinary dreams are made of! The New Southern Cookbook is a lovely celebration of family, food, and life!"--Barb Webb, Author of Getting Laid: Everything You Need To Know About Raising Chickens, Gardening and Preserving

"I literally could not put the cookbook down! With its mix of down-home Southern favorites and family stories, I was hooked from the first page. The New Southern Cookbook is a must for any Southern cook or aspiring Southern cook. This cookbook will have a special place on our bookshelf--right alongside the venerable Charleston Receipts! This cookbook is one that will be passed down through families. Great job by fantastic mother-daughter team Pam and Brittany."--Elizabeth Turner Hill, Editor, Links & Libations Magazine

About the Author

PAM WATTENBARGER is a cookbook author who believes in easy homestyle recipes made with simple ingredients. Because of gluten sensitivities in her family, she's made it her mission to create gluten-free and allergy-friendly recipes that everyone can share. Learn more at SimplySouthernMom.com

BRITTANY WATTENBARGER has never met a biscuit she didn't like. Having grown up with a family that shows love through food, her life was changed when she developed celiac disease and her daughter was born with a milk allergy. She's spent the past few years recreating her childhood favorites, minus the allergens.