Southern Living 50 Years: A Celebration of People, Places, and Culture
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (907 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0848744144 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lewis, Randy Alcorn, John Wesley, and others. A rural Alabama native, Luesse now makes her home in Birmingham, where she freelances and blogs at goindowntomamas. She also served on the planning committee for Writing Today, an annual writer's conference whose Grand Masters included such luminaries as Eudora Welty, Horton Foote, Rita Dove, Gay Talese, and Pat Conroy. About the AuthorValerie Fraser Luesse is an award-winning magazine writer, best known for her feature stories and essays in Southern Living. A former senior writer for the magazine, Luesse contributed more than 30 essays to its Southern Journal column.
anonymous said Read it cover to cover. Great book for all the magazine lovers and probably even if you're not. I wish the regular cover (not the jacket) wasn't such a dull color. It doesn't look pretty on my coffee table without the jacket. That's a small complaint for a very good compilation book.. "I enjoy looking back and remembering a lot of the content" according to Loper. I've subscribed to the magazine since 1966. I enjoy looking back and remembering a lot of the content and fond memories.. Five Stars Thomas Covers the south as it really is!
She has completed her first novel, Glory, Alabama, and is working on a sequel, Coming Up a Cloud. Her editorial section on the recovering Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina won the 2009 Travel Writer of the Year award from the Southeast Tourism Society. Specializing in stories about unique pockets of Southern culture, Luesse has published major pieces on the Mississippi Delta, Louisiana's Acadian Prairie, and the Outer
And for non-Southerners, it serves as a fascinating guidebook and provides an authentic view of the distinctive culture of the South.. Now, to mark its Golden Anniversary, Southern Living presents a gorgeous gift book that tells the true story of the South as only Southerners and Southern Living can tell it. The Southern Table: The South is famous for nothing if not its food. The book is divided into three sections:Journey South: A visual road trip through the South accompanied by thoughtful essaysWelcome Home: A celebration of the Southern home including gardens, architecture, design, and indoor and outdoor living. For the last 50 years, Southern Living magazine has reported on and photographed what makes the South so very unique and how it has evolved; it's distinct regions, its music, its homes, its gardens, its food, and most importantly, its people. Filled with evocative images, fascinating stories, revealing explorations, and time-honored recipes, Southern Living 50 Years is about how Southerners live, what they value, how they cook, how they welcome people into their homes. The book includes an exploration of the evolution of regional cuisine and includes 40 favorite recipes from Southern Living magazine with many additional recipes from renowned Southern chefs.Southern Living 50 Years reminds Southerners what makes their region and their lifestyle so special