ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Author Bio

Mary Allen Perry is a freelance artist, writer, and recipe developer. A longtime food editor of Southern Living magazine, she was a finalist for a James Beard Journalism Award in 2012, and received the Time Inc. Brilliant Lifestyle Award in 2013.

Acknowledgments

This extraordinary collection of recipes would not have been possible without the contributions of past and present members of the Southern Living food staff. For fifty years this diverse and enthusiastic group of Southern food lovers have collaborated with readers across the region to produce a monthly offering of seasonal recipes and feature stories that together comprise the ultimate community cookbook.

Kaye Mabry Adams

Margaret Chason Agnew

Ashley Arthur

Sara Jane Ball

Elle Barrett

Cynthia Briscoe

Natalie Kelly Brown

Lyda Jones Burnette

Leslie Byars

Jane Cairns

Marian Cooper Cairns

Dana Adkins Campbell

Karen Collier

Lynnmarie P. Cook

Phyllis Young Cordell

Justin B. Craft

Cathy Criss

Kristi Michele Crowe

Sandra Day

Susan Payne Dobbs

Margaret Monroe Dickey

Helen Anne Dorrough

Susan Dosier

Julia Dowling

Charla Draper

Jane Elliot

Betsy Fannin

Judy Feagin

Donna Florio

Anna C. Fowler

Denise Gee

Susan Nash Gilpin

Rebecca Cracke Gordon

Holley Johnson Grainger

Julie Grimes

Shirley Harrington

Hannah Hayes

Monique Hicks

Martha Hinrichs

Diane Hogan

Andria Scott Hurst

Vanessa Taylor Johnson

Scott Jones

Carole King

Norman King

Gena Knox

Ashley Leath

Alison Lewis

Ann Lewis

Jean Wickstrom Liles

Lynne Lloyd

Jodie Jackson Loe

Pam Lolley

Deborah G. Lowery

Cindy Manning

Laura Martin

Marion McGahey

Susan M. McIntosh

Nola McKey

John McMillan

Robby Melvin

Erin Merhar

Jackie Mills, R.D.

Beverly Nesbit, R.D.

Laura Nestelroad

Nancy Nevins

Kate Nicholson

Karen Parker

Beverly Morrow Perrine

Vicki A. Poellnitz

Alyssa Porubcan

Jan Jacks Potter

Susan J. Reynolds

Vanessa McNeil Rocchio

Shannon Sliter Satterwhite

James Schend

Angela Sellers

Carroll Sessions

Connie Shedd

Peggy Smith

Lena Sturges

Kim Sunèe

Cybil Brown Talley

Donna Taylor

B. Ellen Templeton

Fran Tyler

Patty M. Vann

Vie Warshaw

Joann Weatherly

Linda Welch

Whitney Wright

Marilyn Wyrick

Pat York

Joy E. Zacharia

A very special note of thanks to Oxmoor House Senior Editor and Brand Leader, Katherine Cobbs, whose creative vision, guidance, and keen editorial skills were in the writing of this book.