Southern Cook's Handbook, The

By Courtney Taylor, Bonnie Carter Travis

A step-by-step guide to old-fashioned Southern cooking, from pan frying and making gravy to rolling out the perfect pie crust and whipping up the lightest Cream Cake. A home-spun how-to manual.

Southern cousins, Courtney Taylor and Bonnie Carter Travis, both experienced cooks and writers, get into the kitchen with you, explaining the fundamentals of Southern cooking and telling you how ingredients should look, feel, and smell.