Love Language of the South: A Celebration of the Food, the Hospitality, and the Stories of My Southern Home [Hardcover]

Experience love the southern way with television host, blogger, and cookbook veteran Stacy Lyn Harris as she shares her family's most treasured memories and recipes.

Stacy grew up watching her grandmother cook the same way other kids watched cartoons. The Love Language of the South is a memoir of southern culinary culture, regional traditions, and easy-to-follow recipes. 

More than eighty recipes and dozens of hospitality tips give entertaining tools for novice and experienced hosts alike. Featuring an index designed to help cooks with meal planning, and find content by course, this cookbook will make cooking fun and productive. Or you might go straight for the southern classics, like Hoppin John, Bacon Cheddar Biscuits, Pimiento Cheese, and Cornmeal Fried Okra. 

With southern food, it's much more than keeping hunger pangs at bay. Learn the importance of gathering around the table to share food and bring comfort to those you love withThe Love Language of the South!Southern lifestyle guru, television host, celebrity chef, best-selling author and speakerStacy Lyn Harriswants her readers to pull up a chair, hear some funny and poignant stories, and incorporate her unfussy, delicious recipes into their special occasions and daily life.

"I don't go to my home and kitchen expecting perfection," Harris writes. "It's simply the place I go to return to what matters most: my family, my faith, and spending my days at home in the south. Time I spend cooking is time spent loving."

In addition to being a best-selling author of three books and host ofThe Sporting Chefon The Outdoor Channel, Harris is also the founder of the popular Stacy Lyn Harris blog. The Alabama native and mother of seven has grown a following with her simple approach to sourcing and preparing meals – often including wild game and ingredients from her garden.