AUNT HATTIE’S COOKBOOK

Dr. Washington’s love for cooking started at an early age. Growing up in a family of traditional southern cooks, she was taught by her stepmother and other relatives the key steps into making a dish from scratch. She shares her succulent, mouthwatering recipes from her own personal collections that have been cooked and enjoyed well over five decades.Whether you are an experienced cook or a novice, don't worry. She walks you through how to cook such special dishes as her fried apples, homemade hot buttermilk biscuits dripping with her melted honey butter sauce, golden brown fried chicken and her scrumptious desserts, such as blackberry cobbler, peach cobbler, apple pie, sweet potato pie, her stepmother's old-fashioned traditional Christmas fruitcake, and her signature bread pudding. Dr. Washington, affectionately called "Aunt Hattie" by her foster sons of Aunt Hattie's Place, loves the opportunity to share not only her favorite recipes, but those of friends and family. Thus, she includes a section in her cookbook called, And Beyond, which consist of other favorite recipes from family members, friends and from her living abroad in Greece and Scotland. Additionally, her Resource Directory is a treasure chest, jammed packed with valuable information, articles, ingredient substitutions and website links on healthy eating. This beautiful cookbook is bound to be passed down for generations. It's a go-to reference for recipes that feature wholesome ingredients, and down-home cooking techniques that will enthuse cooks seeking a traditional approach to preparing beloved southern comfort food favorites. She wants her readers to enjoy these southern cuisine dishes of yesteryear when cooking country southern comfort food meant “healthy eating”, as most all the veggies, fruits and meat were fresh from the fields, trees, bushes; grass-fed animals, and organic, natural, preservatives-free products, and all the other terms people hear nowadays as society is challenged to eat healthy.Do not miss this chance to own this labor-of-love cookbook that will surely become a welcomed addition to your culinary treasure chest. Prepare to feel the love as you embark on cooking her mouthwatering collection of recipes. Enjoy!