Dinner at Miss Lady's: Memories and Recipes from a Southern Childhood Professional Smith teaches culinary history at

Smith teaches culinary history at the New School University in Manhattan and serves on the Board of the Culinary Trust

and crispy enough to eat straight from the jar

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Scatter the shortening over the flour and work in by rubbing fingers with the shortening and flour as if snapping thumb and fingers together (or use two forks or knives

life was all about family and family rituals

Dinner at Miss Lady's: Memories and Recipes from a Southern Childhood Professional Smith teaches culinary history atAuthor: Luann Landon Back when people spent their whole lives in one place, life was all about family and family rituals. It was about the whole clan gathering at dinnertime over meals to be remembered forever. Luann Landon's cookbook memoir transports us to that world of formal midday dinners, closely guarded recipes, and competitive cooks. Dinner at Miss Lady's takes us back there through the memories, meals, and recipes of one Southern family.