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A Look Inside the Cookbook
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........The Recipes........
They'll entice you and incite you to create a "culinary stir"!
Crostini with Feta, Sun-dried Tomatoes and Olives, Spicy Southwest Spinach Dip, Penne with Shitake and Fresh Ginger, Cajun Chicken Fettucini, Spectacular Beef Tenderloin with Port Sauce and Puff Pastry Garnish, Cashew Crusted Chicken with Tangerine Salsa, Warm Roasted Pear and Blue Cheese Salad with Cornbread Croutons, Ultimate Grits!, Pumpkin Sour Cream Coffeecake and Autumn Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Applejack Glaze.
........The Side Bars........
Like the recipes, the list of Kentuckians is impressive and diverse!
From the obviously famous....George Clooney, Diane Sawyer, Pee Wee Reese, Duncan Hines, Jesse James, Abraham Lincoln and Ephraim McDowell.....to the unassuming John Bibb, creator of Bibb lettuce, Nancy Green, known to the world as "Aunt Jemima", Mildred and Patty Hill, writers of "Happy Birthday", Garrett Morgan, the inventor of the traffic light, Haven Gillespie, a writer of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", Mary Towles Sasseen, the first to celebrate Mother's Day with her students and credited by Congress for making it a nationally recognized day and Mac Kilduff, who announced to the world from Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, the death of President John F. Kennedy.
These informative and often amusing historical vignettes make an interesting and enlightening embellishment to the recipes and the cooking experience.
........The Food Memories........
These are captivating and delightful stories, food memories and favorite family recipes from local and national notables such as Diane Sawyer-ABC TV, Phyllis George-Former Miss America and Former First Lady of Kentucky, Dr. George Zack-Conductor, Lexington Philharmonic, Ralph Hacker-Sports Announcer for University of Kentucky, Mayor Pam Miller, Laura Freeman-owner and operator, Laura's Lean Beef Company, Melanie Glasscock-Simpson-WLEX TV, Mary Beth VanUum-Co-owner and operator of Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Dr. Charles Shearer-President Transylvania University, June Mumme-wife of head coach Hal Mumme, Former First Lady Barbara Bush, John Michael Montgomery and many others!
