© 2010 by Amy Lyles Wilson, Patsy Caldwell, and Bryan Curtis

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Caldwell, Patsy, 1939–

Bless your heart : saving the world, one covered dish at a time / by Patsy Caldwell and Amy Lyles Wilson.

  p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4016-0052-5

1. Cookery, American—Southern style. 2. Cookery—Social aspects. I. Wilson, Amy Lyles, 1961– II. Title.

TX715.2.S68C35 2010
641.5975—dc22
2010020991

Printed in the United States of America

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