This cookbook is a loving testament to the timeless charm of Southern cuisine, interweaving the old and the new, the traditional and the innovative, into a beautifully curated collection of 246 recipes. Step into the warm, welcoming world of My Southern Table: Recipes from a Georgia Kitchen, written by Georgia native Lana Taylor Stuart, founder and author of the popular Lana’s Cooking (www.lanascooking.com) blog. This collection of recipes is more than a cookbook--it's a celebration of food, family, and community. These recipes are not merely instructions for meals, but whispers of stories, echoes of laughter, and fragments of shared memories passed down through generations in a Southern family. Explore a treasure trove of classic dishes that have warmed hearts and homes for generations with recipes such as: Copper Pennies - Baptist Church Party Punch - Corn Dodgers - Russian Tea - Chicken Jallop - Charlotte Russe - Mama’s Ambrosia - Angel Biscuits - Polly’s Pink Stuff - Streak o’ Lean - Ma Mag’s Lemon Cheese Frosting Many of the recipes are seasoned with a story, adding a personal touch that makes this cookbook truly special. The author's anecdotes, heartfelt reflections, and useful tips lend a unique authenticity to the recipes and will inspire you to create these dishes with the same love and care in your kitchen. Join us at the table and savor the tastes of Southern tradition and innovation. "Southerners relish good food and good stories. Packed with mouth-watering heirloom Southern recipes and beautiful photographs, Lana Stuart's My Southern Table : Recipes from a Georgia Kitchen is more than a cookbook. It is a lovely collection of soul-warming food memories, stories of the great cooks in Lana's family, and how food builds family and community at the table." -- Nathalie Dupree, James Beard award-winning cookbook author "There are so many times when all I want is to be in the small, loving kitchen of my grandmother. She'd be at the stove, wearing an apron way too frilly to cook in, making a meal fit for a Southern king. I miss her and the food she fed us in a way that still hurts inside. Turning the pages of My Southern Table is sure to be a comforting fix for the longing that lives inside grandchildren raised in the South. Only a truly talented woman could master a photography-worthy 10-layer chocolate cake with layers almost as thin as the spreader on a butter knife. And just like my grandmother Tom would have done, Lana then beautifully smothers that cake with beloved boiled icing. Stuart's recipes seem to turn back time and prop open the screen door that leads to some of my most scrumptious memories." -- Rebecca Lang , Southern Cooking Authority and Author of 8 cookbooks "Just looking at the cover of My Southern Table made my mouth water and at the same time transported me right back to childhood and the love and comfort found in my family's kitchen. Lana Taylor Stuart's recipes are both delicious and timeless - and her genuine warmth and South Georgia heritage shine through on each page. And while every dish in her book stands out as superb, it is her 'Chocolate Little Layer Cake' - that absolutely magnificent confection made with ten layers of moist cake and silky, rich icing - that earns her a golden culinary crown." --Johnathan Scott Barrett , author of Rise and Shine! Cook & Tell, Cook & Celebrate, and Ship Watch. "Food is more than sustenance, it's a shared language of love, history, and community." I love these opening lines in the Introduction to Lana Taylor Stuart's My Southern Table. Food is much more than what we eat to survive: it defines who we are and the heritage we carry with us throughout our lives. This is particularly evident in the culture of the southern states of the United States. Southern food speaks of history, community, traditions, and love. My Southern Table is a testimony to the charm and beauty, the distinct flavors and history of southern cuisine. The author declares: "Each recipe in this book carries a piece of my heart and tells a story from my life." This is a real gem of a cookbook that will inspire many food connoisseurs as well as those who just enjoy perusing a good recipe book. -- Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite Lana Taylor Stuart invites readers on a culinary journey through the heart of Georgia in MY SOUTHERN TABLE: Recipes From a Georgia Kitchen. Stuart has collected nearly 250 recipes for her debut cookbook, drawing from her rural Southern heritage and reflecting her philosophy of cooking as "a shared language of love, history, and community." The dishes that make up MY SOUTHERN TABLE range from familiar Southern comfort food classics like Country Fried Steak, Ham with Red Eye Gravy, and Pecan Pie to less-familiar but intriguingly-named dishes like Copper Pennies and Pig Picking Cake. If there's anything MY SOUTHERN TABLE is lacking, it's more glimpses into the history and culture of Southern cuisine. Over