Lynne recommends these classic Southern cookbooks. Some of them might be out of print and will require a trip to the library:

• Southern Food, by John Edgerton. His tour of regional barbecue is well worth tracking down.
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• Hoppin' John's Lowcountry Cooking, by John Martin Taylor (Bantam Books, 1992) - good recipes.
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Natahlie Dupree's books for sound recipes:

• Classical Southern Cooking, by Damon Lee Fowler (Crown, 1995) is pure old South.
• Biscuits, Spoonbread and Sweet Potato Pie, by Bill Neal (Alfred A. Knopf, 1996).
• The Taste Of Country Cooking, by Edna Lewis (Alfred A. Knopf, 1993).
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