A woman is like a TEA BAG - you never know how strong she is until she gets into HOT WATER. - Eleanor Roosevelt

the cookbook collection...

Currently, in the #1 spot...


Second favorites, my Barefoot Contessa Collection...







The Farm Chicks


Southern Living Desserts - excellent pictures, but only some of these are true Southern recipes. 


My Nigella Lawson collection...




And a little eye candy here and there...



Martha Stewart...





Trisha Yearwood Cookbooks...



A few Paula Deen...







Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room - where my Granddaddy Ed ate all the time for lunch...




My mom bought this little jewel from Sweet Peas recently... it screams southern, but in my professional opinion (born and raised in Savannah, Georgia) it is Mississippi Delta southern and not Georgia/Carolina southern.


Great Good Food came from Grandma VanVonderen.  Even my "up nort" family knows that I love a cookbook more than anything!  This book is extremely informative on how (and mostly why) we should be cooking healthy.  It motivates me to do better and I love all of the tips inside.  I cannot wait to make one of the soups to take for lunches on the days I work.


There are loads more ... check back as I keep adding them!