Martha Hall Foose

A Southerly Course

In the highly anticipated follow-up to her James Beard Award-winning, bestselling, beloved Screen Doors and Sweet Tea, Martha Hall Foose continues her conversation with readers, sharing recipes and stories from even closer to home.

A unique storyteller, with traces of Eudora Welty and Willy Morris in her style, and a talented home cook and chef, Martha won legions of devoted fans with her first cookbook--and charmed the media (GMA, CBS Early Show). Everyone responded to her unique and passionately genuine voice, and to her friend-in-the-kitchen tone. A Southerly Course picks up where Screen Doors and Sweet Tea leaves off, charting an even more intimate course in Martha's life, and reflecting how foodways in the South have changed and continue to change.

Born and bred in--and bound to--the great state of Mississippi, Martha creates recipes packed with the very best of southern flavors, calling on the greatest of local ingredients in often unexpected ways. In A Southerly Course, readers will find recipes for tried-and-true classics, like Skillet Fried Corn and Chocolate Chiffon Pie, as well as dishes that are surprising and new, like Peanut Chicken and Sweet Pickle Braised Pork Shoulder. No matter the inspiration, all of the recipes have one thing in common: each comes with a story. Few can spin a yarn with such wit and beguiling charm. Try Martha's Fig Pecan Fondue, and lament with her the pulling down of a row of purple figs she'd known since her childhood, the wasted trees already bursting with juicy ripe fruit. Warmly amusing and poignant by turn, Martha's tales are always authentic, leaving enamored southerners and would-be southerners longing for more.
With 70 evocative color photographs and personality to spare, A Southerly Course is destined to become a new classic with readers across the country.