Title:	Baking in the American South: 200 Recipes and Their Untold Stories (A Definitive Guide to Southern Baking)
	Author:	Anne Byrn
	Published:	September 3, 2024, Harper Celebrate
	No. of Pages:	512
	Cover Price:	$44.99 Hardcover, $30.99 Kindle

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Anne Byrn’s cookbooks are always excellent, but she has outdone herself in Baking in the American South: 200 Recipes and Their Untold Stories (A Definitive Guide to Southern Baking). Not only does she include mouthwatering recipes, but also stories about how the classic baked goods originated. This is one to curl up in the corner to read. It is a fascinating read, and for those not from the south, introduces baked goods that are iconic and have been passed down from generation to generation.

Besides being an excellent cook and recipe developer, Anne Byrne is also an excellent writer. She makes the stories and recipes come alive. Having owned several of her previous cookbooks, I expected this to be a good one, but I am blown away. I want to make almost every recipe in the book.

The recipes are written in the traditional manner with the ingredients listed first, followed by step-by-step instructions. Byrn makes them simple, so that anyone who wants to bake, from beginners to advanced bakers, can easily make these recipes turn out picture perfect and delicious. She has also included beautiful, professional (Rinne Allen) photographs that will make anyone salivate.

My husband is from the south (Kentucky), and his mother was a wonderful country cook; many of the recipes Byrm has included are those that he grew up on, and making them has brought back good memories for him.

All told, this is an excellent baking book that belongs on every cookbook shelf. Highly recommended.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.