A Southern Thanksgiving: Recipes And Musings For A Manageable Feast

by Robb Forman Dew

Offers holiday entertaining advice and a dozen recipes for a Thanksgiving feast that will not overwhelm a less-than-accomplished cook, including cornbread stuffing, yams mousseline, cranberry jelly, and of course step-by-step instructions for turkey

86 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1992

About the author

Granddaughter of US poet, essayist and political writer John Crowe Ransom. Godfather was US poet, essayist, academic Robert Penn Warren. Grew up between Baton Rouge, LA and Ohio, well-connected to Kenyon Review writers and artists. Attended but did not graduate from Louisiana State University.

Her first novel - Dale Loves Sophie to Death - won the 1982 National Book Award. She has taught at the Iowa Writer's Workshop and has received Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2007 she was awarded an honorary degree by Kenyan College.

Since 1977 Robb Forman Dew has been living in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where her husband Charles B. Dew is now the Ephraim Williams Professor of American History at Williams College. They have two sons.

Reviews

[Marcus · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some nice Southern treats here, but ultimately it left me wanting more.