More than 200 recipes and 45 full-color photographs celebrate 25 years of good eatin in this original regional Southern cooking classic.

A quarter-century ago, while many were busy embracing the sophisticated techniques and wholesome ingredients of the nouvelle cuisine, one Southern loyalist lovingly gathered more than 200 recipes collected from West Virginia to Key West showcasing the time-honored cooking and hospitality traditions of the white trash way. Ernie Mickler s much-imitated sugarsnap-pea prose style accompanies delicacies like Tutti s Fancy Fruited Porkettes,...