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Dinner at Miss Lady's: Memories and Recipes from a Southern Childhood

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This was a book that placed you in that time & space of the old South. The Tennessee jam cake is a recipe that my family has been looking for, for over 40 years since my grandmother passed away without leaving the recipe. I want to read more books by Ms. Landon, and hopefully, she has written more about her family's experiences.

I loved this book because it brought the more recent past into focus. Ms. Evan's characters aren't drawn from the era of Gone With The Wind, but are tempered by the echoes of similar cultural standards. There is virtue in propriety, and she manages to evoke a nostalgia for the same. The recipes are wonderful, but will give the Yankees cardiac arrest!

Ms. Landon's book is wonderful. I am a Georgian who likesto write, read and cook. This book inspired me and brought back memories and stories from my now-deceased granny! I read it in one day and I hated to see it end. I hope Ms. Landon writes another, and another. It's a keepsake and i can't wait to recreate these recipes. I plan to give it to some of my friends for Christmas,

This is a lovely little book that makes you long for days gone by. I am an avid cookbook collector and currently intrigued with evertything Southern from the food to the mannerisms to the hospitality, so naturally this book appealed to me. After reading a breif excerpt about Miss Lady in "Southern Living" magazine, I ordered the book immedeately. The only dissapointment was the breifness of the book, I finished it in one afternoon. That could be because Ms. Landon had wonderful characters to write about and she is an enchanting storyteller. Her recollections of her upscale Southern upbringing are as priceless as the recipies that Henretta passed on. I have tried several of them; the Grapefruit Salad with Roquefort Dressing and the Creamed Spinach and Artichoke Hearts are both especially good. The recipies are fine, however, Ms. Landon's graceful prose is what makes this book a worthwhile read.

Anyone who's ever returned "home" to the South for a visit will appreciate this book. A nicely crafted book, you can smell the food and hear the people talking. Very enjoyable.

When I read this delightful memoir, I felt like I had been invited to the best meals in town in the company of people who made me laugh and think. That's a good invitation to a lovely read.

What a wonderful collection of rememberances written in my favorite language - food! The descriptions of blackberry cobbler, fresh peach ice cream and buttermilk pie will leave your mouth watering!

This book made me long to live her life with the sumptuous formal dinners and beautiful frocks. I never wanted this book to end. The recipies are definately attemptable. The last book of this type I read instructed to use on a "hot fire" or "slow coals". Not really the method I use.... I highly recommend this book, both for the food and the history.

What a sweet, sensuous, evocative book about both the south and childhood as I would like to have experienced it. I didn't want the book to end. I'm disappointed to find this is Ms. Landon's only published book.

This is a short memoir of growing up in the 50's in a rich family. It was a unique perspective for me to see how the other half lives. The food was so complicated and fussy, but it was a fun read.