Little Old Lady Recipes

Celebrity chefs? Exotic ingredients? Immersion blenders? Who needs 'em? "Little Old Lady Recipes" honors the extraordinary women who create pot luck dinners, church socials, wedding banquets, and the best desserts you've ever tasted. Every page features their simple, no-frills recipes for pot roast, meat loaf, dumplings, corn bread, fried chicken, bundt cake, and other mouth-watering favorites - along with gorgeous photography of the chefs at work and generous portions of their kitchen table wisdom (Butter comes from a cow. Tell me where the heck margarine comes from, and then maybe I'll eat it). These "Little Old Lady Recipes" are simple, delicious, and ridiculously cheap and easy to make. So ditch the food processor, stop wasting money on overpriced organic frozen dinners, and start enjoying the 70 classic dishes, plus variations, that our aunties and grandmothers have made for generations.

Author MEG FAVREAU is a comedian and food writer who has contributed to publications including the Huffington Post, McSweeney's, and the Smart Set. She dreams of having a backyard raspberry garden for pies like her grandmother did. Website: megfavreau.com Twitter: twitter.com/megfavreau Facebook: Meg Favreau