I can testify The Road to Testament is a winner!

Eva Marie Everson is one of my fave authors – I’ve been reading her for many years. The Road to Testament, the latest in this prolific writer’s arsenal of great Southern fiction, is one you’ll enjoy. Get yourself a glass … Continue reading

Eleanor Braddock’s Buttermilk Pie – A Beauty So Rare Itself

I promise – this is the LAST recipe. Thanks, Tamera Alexander for getting me re-hooked on Southern cooking. All y’all will REALLY want to get the book, A Beauty So Rare, so you’ll have ALL the recipes! Yum! Here’s Eleanor … Continue reading

Rarely is a book so entrancing and beautiful as A Beauty So Rare by Tamera Alexander

Set at Belmont Mansion in  Nashville, A Beauty So Rare follows the adventures of an impoverished young woman, Eleanor Braddock, who wants more than anything to start her own restaurant. However, she is going to live with her father’s sister, … Continue reading