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

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The food in this book is simply wonderful! It has a good selection of both Tidewater Virginia recipes and also of cuisine from the Shenandoah Valley and the mountains. I grew up eating a lot of these foods and this book describes how to prepare them in a way that is very easy to follow.

Living on the York River is Wonder and Beauty. This book takes the Reader on a Journey:From Seafood in the Tidewater Area to the Western parts of Virginia where "Canning" is an Art.Peanut Soup Is more Savoury than Sweet.Delicious!Red~Eye Gravy made w/ the Morning's Coffee.Soft Angel Biscuits.Half Roll,Half Biscuit are Divine.Joyner's Smithfield Ham sliced so thin,can Read Newsprint is placed between Biscuits,Buttered Only.Hearty,Stick to Your Ribs Fare from the Sheandoah Valley.Smoked Trout from Where~Else?Troutville!Recipes as Old as Virginia.Quaint Recipes from Homes of Famous~And The Women that Kept Their Families Going No Matter the Circumstances,are Here as Well.Brunswick Stew,Fried Okra,Stewed Tomatoes with Buttered Toast as a Casserole.These Are Memories.Close Your Eyes and Bent Mtn.is in Your Sight,{Name of Real Mountain in "The Waltons" program}.A Wonderful,True Cookery Book from One of the Original 13 Colonies.{Roanoke is a Beautiful,Re~Vitalised City.Home of the former {Roanoke Hotel}.An Entire Cookery book on just Their Cuisine would have You Swooning!Pull up a chair ya'll,decide on a recipe and Prepare~Never Lament again~All Recipes of Enormous Value to History Are Here!

I have several cookbooks from this series. Since I love to cook, I am always looking for new recipes and especially like ones that feature local cuisine. Several years ago, I started collecting these cookbooks as my souvenir when I visited the states on vacation. I like how the authors include a little history about some of the key points of interest in the state.

I exchanged gifts in a regional cookbook exchange, she said she liked this, I certainly liked hers (Prince Edward Island NS).