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SOUTHERN LIVING AROUND THE SOUTHERN TABLE

Coming home to comforting meals and treasured memories By Rebecca Lang

For immediate release (New York, NY) – Quintessential Southern belle Rebecca Lang is proving

that Southern food involves much more than typical biscuits and fried chicken with her

comprehensive new cookbook, Southern Living Around the Southern Table (October 2,

2012; Oxmoor House; $29.95/Hardcover). A Georgia native, she draws on her deep Southern

roots to celebrate the essence of the Southern table: hospitality. From the comfort food of home,

to the generosity of Southern hosts, to the heirloom linens and china adorning every Southern

table, this book is truly a slice of Southern culture. Each page honors the timeless Southern

tradition of gathering around the table with family, friends, and unforgettable food.

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Around the Southern Table delivers soul-satisfying recipes for every occasion, from breakfast

and brunch to sweet desserts. Rebecca’s twists on the Southern breakfast classics: Sweet Candied

Bacon is transformed into an indulgent brunch side with the addition dash of molasses and

brown sugar, and run-of-the-mill grits become glorious Puffy Grits soufflé when whipped egg

whites and Parmigiano-Reggiano are added.

Rebecca celebrates “Southern-style snacking” in “Little Bites, Sips & Jars,” which features

recipes for Southern classics with a little something added, Divine Pimiento Cheese with Vidalia

onion, Bacon Deviled Eggs, and Fried Green Tomatoes with Red Bell Pepper Sauce. In “Dinner

Bell” and “From the Oven” Rebecca shares her recipes for comforting and hearty main dishes

and casseroles, like perfectly crisp Real Buttermilk Fried Chicken, Butter-Fried Pork Chops with

Nutmeg (one of Rebecca’s dad’s specialties), and make-ahead Southern favorites like Garden

Green Bean Casserole and All Things Sweet Potato Casserole, made in a fun fashion with

gingersnaps, mini marshmallows, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Cloverleaf Yeast Rolls and Itsy-Bitsy

Cream Cheese Biscuits make warm, buttery accompaniments to any of Rebecca’s delicious main

dishes. In “Harvest Time,” Rebecca celebrates the bounty of the garden with her recipes for

gems like Heirloom Tomato Salad and Creamed Silver Queen Corn.

It wouldn’t be a Southern cookbook without a chapter devoted to desserts. Rebecca honors

centuries of baking tradition with Hummingbird Cake, a signature cake of the South, filled with

spices, bananas, and pineapple, and smothered with cream cheese frosting. Southern produce

gets the spotlight in Peach and Blueberry Cobbler and Chocolate-Bourbon Pecan Pie, while

Real Banana Pudding topped with a cloud of meringue is sure to please at any family gathering.

Sprinkled throughout the pages of Around the Southern Table are one-page “My Southern

Table” tributes from noted Southerners. Interior designer and television host Vern Yip, Zac

Brown, frontman of the two-time Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band, model and actress

Ali Landry, and others share what they love about the Southern table, from childhood memories

to favorite family dishes.

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Every recipe in Around the Southern Table features beloved Southern ingredients and

preparations, but with the flair of its modern-but-rooted author, Rebecca Lang, who enjoys these

wonderful recipes with her family at the very same table where her grandmother ate as a child.

Rebecca writes, “There is an air of welcoming in the South not found any other place on Earth.

Behind each “yes, ma’am” and every buttered biscuit, there’s an unmistakable feeling that can’t

be bottled or sold.” Armed with Around the Southern Table, home cooks across the country

will be able to bring a touch of that Southern warmth and welcoming to their own tables.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rebecca Lang is also the author of Quick-Fix Southern, Southern Entertaining for a New Generation and Mary Mac’s Tea Room. As a Contributing Editor for Southern Living, Rebecca has been featured in over 50 cooking segments on the nationally syndicated show “Daytime.” She is a Contributing Editor for myrecipes.com and is the author of the popular column, “Girls’ Night In,” on the site. Having taught hundreds of cooking classes, she is also a well-respected cooking instructor. Southern Living celebrates the essence of life in the South, covering the best in Southern food, home, garden, and travel. Reaching more than 16 million consumers each month, Southern Living connects consumers with the region’s rich culture through a variety of print, digital, mobile, tablet and event platforms. Headquartered in Birmingham, AL, the rapidly expanding Southern Living brand is part of Time Inc., one of the largest content companies in the world and the largest publisher in the United States. Time Inc. is a Time Warner company. Oxmoor House is an imprint of Time Home Entertainment Inc., a Time Inc. company, and publishes books and special edition magazines for Time Inc. brands such as Southern Living, Cooking Light, Health, and Sunset. Oxmoor House publishing partnerships also include Weight-Watchers, Gooseberry Patch, and Weber. With more than 300 back-listed titles, it is recognized as one of the leading lifestyle publishers in the country. Oxmoor House books are distributed to the trade by Hachette Book Group and are available wherever books are sold. More information is available at oxmoorhouse.com.

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SOUTHERN LIVING AROUND THE SOUTHERN TABLE By Rebecca Lang Oxmoor House $29.95/Hardcover 288 pages 978-0-8487-3653-8