Naomi Judd Home Companion Cookbook: Signed Edition

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Description:  Combine a taste of hard luck, a slice of determination, and a touch of inspiration. Stir in a dash of the comic, a pinch of anything's possible, and a generous spoonful of hospitality. Toss it all together and you now have Naomi Judd's latest creation: Naomi's Home Companion. 

Naomi's Home Companion cookbook is Naomi Judd's candid reflections about life with all its ingredients. It's the perfect blend of recipes for living, dished up with a heaping helping of her humor. It's a collection of favorite family recipes from her own kitchen. It's a book to live by, cook with, chuckle at, believe in, and find hope from. 

There are the dishes that Naomi learned from her Mom, Polly, such as Chocolate Meringue Pie, Polly's Meadoaf, and Applesauce Cake. There are also the simple, quickto-put-together meals she made for her daughters Wynonna and Ashley when she was a single mom—Chicken Continental, Shell Macaroni with Tuna Salad, Mexican Cornbread, and Wynonna's Cherry Jell-O Salad. The first meal she cooked for her future husband, Larry Strickland, By Gosh! Beef Stew, is here, along with the dinners the family now shares around the kitchen table at her Tennessee farm Peaceful Valley, including Stuffed Pork Chops, Chicken Pot Pie, and Blackberry Cobbler. Other recipes for aoccasions range from Naomi's Avocado Sandwich, Michael Bolton's Marmara Sauce, and Ashley's Four-Layered Dessert to Tammy Wynette's Favorite Bus Recipe, Corn Dogs, and Coconut Cake. 

Naomi's Home Companion also provides nourishment for the soul. Throughout the book, Naomi shares her wit and wisdom, gleaned from the spicy adventures of her own fascinating life. Behind-the-scenes stories and anecdotes reveal how food has played a part in her and her family's lives. These tales are also rich with Naomi's observations on America's changing culture, advice on raising a family and finding a more satisfying life-style, and offer her guide to surviving illness. Always reflective, Naomi, the personable entertainer, communicator, and role model, serves up some tasty food for thought. 

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Condition: Good condition.