Chatting Books Online Day 151. It's Cookbook Day ! Today's recommended book is Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook by Martha Hall Foose.
I was first introduced to Martha Hall Foose when I read Richard Grant's Dispatches from Pluto. She was the friend who took him on a tour of the delta on that fateful day when he decided to buy the old house at Pluto. Of course reading about her in that book made me curious, so I immediately ordered her books to learn more about her. It was here that I learned that she had been the executive chef at the Viking Cooking School (bucket list item for me) , and so then of course I had to look into her recipes. What I found is that she is not only a wonderful southern cook who makes great food easy and fun in her books, but that she is also a storyteller. I had as much fun reading the vignettes as actually cooking ! Then earlier this year (late February, just before "The Weirdness" began), I had the privilege of meeting Martha in person at The Natchez Literary and Cinema Festival where she was a presenter and can I tell you she is even more delightful in real life!
Some of the recipes , ideas, and stories I like best in this book are: Mailbox Cocktails: Fold down door, set down drink; Watermelon Salsa (and the story of Miguel); Midnight Brisket; Sold my Soul to the Devil-ed Eggs; and I am fully planning to try the Ginger Molasses Cookies soon as a surprise for my ginger cookie loving husband, Rob.
O.K.Now I'm hungry so time to wrap this up. This Hardcover Cookbook is 248 pages long, printed in full color, and sells for $ 35.00 a copy .
To purchase a copy of this book . or any of the others we have recommended in the past, come see us Mondays - Saturdays between 10:30am and 4pm at the shop, or you can message me and we can ship a copy directly to you. Take Care, Mask Up, and have a mailbox cocktail !
