Traveling to family reunions, potlucks, stone-grinding mills, and the National Cornbread Festival in Tennessee, Crescent Dragonwagon learned that not only is hot, just baked cornbread delicious, it powerfully evokes the heart, soul, and taste of home. Here she shares more than over 200 irresistible recipes for cornbreads, muffins, fritters, pancakes, and go-withs. Crescent also gives us the greens, the beans, the salads, stews, and soups that accompany cornbread to perfection. And she tells us the stories, too. Enthusiastic and heartfelt, this thoughtful, exuberant love song to America's favorite breadstuff and all that goes with it will embrace readers and cooks everywhere.

From Alligator's apples to Zebra's zucchini, a multitude of alphabetical animals and foods celebrate Thanksgiving with a grand feast. Publisher Marketing: There's going to be a feast! And everyone is here with food from A to Z! There is Elderberry Elixir from Elephant and Mocha Mousse made by Mouse. By the time Zebra Zips in with his Zaftig Zucchini, there will be enough food to feed a zoo! So come and join the party and don't forget your appetite!

Noted children's book author, cookbook writer, and Dairy Hollow House innkeeper Crescent Dragonwagon presents 200 of the recipes that have made her Eureka Springs, Arkansas, inn a three-time winner of the Uncle Ben's Best Inn of the Year Award. 2-color illustrations throughout. Consistently rated one of America's ten best country inns, Dairy Hollow House in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, was celebrated for a unique cuisine built on such traditional country ingredients as farm fresh chicken, wild mushrooms, greens, dried beans, and summer's berries. Now in over 200 recipes, chef and owner Crescent Dragonwagon shares all her soup-making, bread-baking, and salad-tossing wisdom in a cookbook that's as gutsy and distinctive as a steaming bowl of gumbo-in five variations. Welcome.