Southern Plate Cookbook Update!
This sign was sent to be yesterday by Andrew Malcolm to congratulate me on finishing the book. It was made online but BOY did it make my day with a round of giggles!
This morning I turned in the manuscript for the Southern Plate Cookbook which is being published by Harper Studios, a division of Harper Collins. The book is a combination of stories, classic Southern recipes, and some of the most gorgeous photos of Southern food I’ve ever seen. I have worked with an amazing team in putting this book together and I am just about to burst with excitement because I want you to see it so badly!
This is YOUR Cookbook, put together by using your input on what you wanted to see, what recipes you cherished most, and what recipes have been lost that you want most to reclaim for your family. I did include some of the most popular ones on Southern Plate but also made sure to add several exclusive good old fashioned recipes as well – the ones I’ve been asked for the most since starting Southern Plate. I feel just like a child whose colored you a picture and can’t wait for you to get home so I can present it to you! Thank you SO MUCH for giving me this opportunity and for helping me to write this book.
It will be available for pre-order this summer and will be in all major bookstores by the fall. I have one more wish, to make the dream come true for me, I’d sure love to get to meet you! I hope to see you at a book signing once it’s out. I’ll post my schedule as soon as it’s finalized. If you’re a member of the Southern Plate Family, I owe you a hug!
*Note: My self published cookbook is no longer available. Thank you to everyone who purchased it and everyone who has been kind enough to ask if there are any more. I sure do appreciate it and feel confident that you’ll enjoy my new book even more!
I’d love to hear your comments and suggestions for where book signings should be held in the comments below!
Gratefully,
Christy 
There is nothing more pleasant in life than to pass on to others what
one has learned for oneself.
~Confucious
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My mom and I would vote for Lake Jackson, TX!!!! It is the next largest town to where we live, and there are quite a few in the area that are followers of your blogs.
I live in Lake Jackson and that sounds like a great idea Michele! You could even stop by NASA before heading home.
Michele and Quandora, I too live in Lake Jackson, TX and agree Christy should come here. We should get together and find other local ladies that love and follow southernplate.com
I believe Auburn Alabama would be a great place to have a book signing
I can’t wait to get your cookbook, Christy! You should come to my lovely hometown, El Dorado, Arkansas and do a book signing at Jefferson Street Books on the downtown square.
Amarillo, Texas!
I second that!! Amarillo would love to meet you!! It’s the largest town near the tiny town that’s near me : )
I’d love to see you in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. That’s the next largest town close to where I live. Can’t wait to get your cookbook! So excited for you and your family!!
I would second that as my in laws live there…and I would gladly drive two hours to get a copy signed. :0)
If you can’t make it to Cape, then go to St. Louis!!
While it’s not down-south, I would love to see you here in Denver, Colorado. I grew up in Missouri and my grandmother was from Hillham, Tennessee, so I come from good southern people! Congrats on your book!
Come on over to Charlotte, NC, Christy!! We’d love to have ya!! I am so excited for you!
If ya decide to go to Charlotte, head west to Asheville, NC. It’s only 1.5 hours longer and we have much prettier scenery. The huge Biltmore estate (largest house in America) is here and tons of hiking and waterfalls nearby. Lots of family friendly activities too. Also, if you come in the fall during leaf season, you may never want to leave our breath taking views. I’d even be your tour guide
We have several wonderful independent local bookstores (Malaprops is great!)and of course the chain bookstores.
Yay North Carolina!! I’m out in the sticks away from both of these places, but it would be worth the drive for sure!
Another place in North Carolina would be the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area – fondly known at the Triangle…we would love to have you in our neck of the woods…however, I would go anywhere in NC to see you and get your book!! Congrats and God Bless!
After you leave Ashville, drive a little farther South, thru Murphy, and Hayesville, N.C. and you will be in Blairsville Ga. We have a small town here in the mountains in a little bit O’God’s country. We would love to have you here. We have a lovely little independent book store—The Book Nook.
And then you could come on over to my house for dinner.
Thank you, Christy, I cant wait until your cookbook is available. We will enjoy it just as much as your every day blogs, facebook and emails. And especially enjoy all the great recipes that I know will be in this book.
So, from Charlotte, after of COURSE visiting Ashville, Raleigh, and Blairsville, come to Columbia, SC! Home of the Gamecocks!
Christy, I think your first book signing should be in Madison, AL. Afterall, that’s home for several of us! Best wishes.
Hey Judi,
I think we should get Christy to Madison, AL too!!!
How cool would that be?
Books-A-Million in Alabaster! That’s very close to where I live (in peach county!) and I think you would have an amazing turn out! My sister and I have your other cookbook and can’t wait to get our hands on this one. Congratulations on finishing it!
I second this one. I’d love for you to come to our area!
Christy, I can NOT wait for your new cookbook to come out, I have so enjoyed your first one and am very proud of you !
North Florida!
North Florida, please ,please,please.Jacksonville has a Books a million, a Barnes @ noble and I would love to meet you.
Yep, Jacksonville would be a great place
Come to Birmingham!
Seattle, Washington!!
I’ll take my hug in Cincinnati, Ohio.
I would love for you to come to Virginia. I have already told my husband that I want your cookbook and that if you come anywhere close I want to meet you. So please come to Virginia on your book signing… Im about an hour from Richmond. I love how you incorporate your stories with your recipes. I wish only the best for you Christy!
Hi! Cannot wait for the book! I vote for Richmond, too — we’d love to have you!
Politics and Prose in Washington, DC
Or Kramerbooks & Afterwords in Washington DC…or Barnes and Noble in Bethesda (downtown or White Flint mall).
Coldwater Books in Tuscumbia, AL and the Florence Lauderdale Public Library both host books signings for local artists. I think you are close enough to be considered local, and you went to UNA!
Las Vegas, Nevada
Huntsville!! (Redstone Arsenal would be a great location!!)
I bet the Space and Rocket Center would love to have you since you talk about all of your trips there.
Huntsville would be great!
Upstate NY, aka the frozen tundra!!
I would LOVE to meet you!
I agre4e with Tammy, Upstate NY, Buffalo or Rochester, NY at Barnes & Nobles. It would be GREAT to meet you!
Come out to Dallas/Fort Worth! I plan all my meals by your recipes! We would love to see you!
I second the Dallas area nomination! Legacy Books in Plano would be a good one, or we have several Barnes & Noble stores.
Hi Christy! Since I am house bound maybe you should come here for a cookbook signing! If you are going to be in North Alabama area, I’ll crawl if I have to, to get your book and a hug! Love you sweet child. I have my sweet apron you gave me hanging in my kitchen and dare anyone to touch it.I am as proud of you if you were my own daughter.
Shirley Moore
Hey Shirley, I’m from Lawrence Co. Which county do you live in?
Morgan county
You know you have to do a book signing at Reed’s in Tupelo
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas! I can’t WAIT to order your book!
Nashville, TN………PLEASE!
I live in Illinois . . . but would come home to Nashville just to see ya!!!
Midland, TX!!! Congrats on the book!
Christy,
Would love for you to come to Barnes & Nobles in Ridgeland, Ms or somewhere in the Jackson, MS area! Can’t wait for your cookbook to be out! We’re all excited for you!!!!
how about Lexington,Ky?
Come to Nashville, TN! North Nashville would be great….Goodlettsville, Hendersonville, Gallatin! I would definitely come!
I can’t wait. It is already on the birthday list. Hope to see you in Buford, GA.
We would love to have you come to a great bookstore here in Lexington, KY-the store is Joseph-Beth Booksellers! Best of luck to you-I am looking forward to seeing the book!
Oh my gosh!! That’s awesome! I bet you are so darned happy and proud of yourself for meeting your deadline – and you SHOULD BE!!!
Please come to Jackson, MS! I’d love to have an autographed copy – just imagine what a treasure your cookbook would be, passed down to the future generations! My birthday is in August and I am already hinting to my husband about what a great gift it would be!
MY living room in Riverside Texas—-final answer!!!!!
Can not wait to get your book!
You should come to Northwest Louisiana…after all Louisiana is known for it’s great food!!!
Hey Christy. Congrats on the book! If you’re touring prior to June, I vote for Irmo, SC. If it’s after June, I vote for Tuscaloosa, AL. (We’re moving!). I love your site. I make so many meals from your recipes. Doing pork chop biscuits tonight
Lena, welcome to North Alabama.(a little early)
You better do one close to home first!
Birmingham would be great for me!
I can’t wait to get my hands on it! I knew I should have bought one of your first ones while they were available…if I didn’t I knew I’d miss out on the beginning of your wild rocket ride to fame! Time to blast off girl!
Waiting…waiting…waiting…ugh! I don’t know if I can last! I am so glad to hear you have your stories and beautiful pictures along with your recipes! You speak staight to the heart Christy! Cooking with you is like having a best friend over for conversation!
Congratulations…see you in Birmingham!
Congrats to you. I know you are about to “just have a spell!” Are you going to be in the Franklin/Nashville area? Yeah!!!!! Yee Haw! I think I am going to have a spell! Thanks for sharing, and God bless you Christy.
Karen
P.S. I’ve been singing “Berry Pie” by Dolly Parton due to your berry cobbler post!
I woke up in the night singing it! I think I have it on loop in my head now! LOL!
Well since you will be in VA. and Washington DC you should come on over to the Barnes and Noble in Annapolis MD
Another invitation (and hugs-awaiting!!!) in the Richmond, Virginia, area! PLEEEEEEEASE come…you could plan a family vacation around your book-signing visit…SO much for your family to see & do in this fabulous State (hhmmm, Commonwealth!).
Christy,
It’s not a bookstore but I sure would like to see you and your book on QVC with David Venable on his “Cooking with David” show on Sunday. He features at least one cookbook each week. Wouldn’t that be fun (and sell a lot of books)? I’ve e-mailed David so who knows?
If not QVC, definitely come to the Philadelphia suburbs!
I can’t wait to buy your book Christy!! Please make a stop at the West Cobb Avenue in Marietta, GA. There is a large Barnes and Noble there. http://westcobb.shoptheavenue.com/
I agree…Madison first. Then Birmingham would be a big city for lots of your fans to congregate. Congratulations!
OOOOOklahoma where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain. We would love to have you visit Oklahoma City!
Nashville, Tennessee no better place…:-) I can’t wait to get an autographed copy….
Be Blessed….
Has your publisher checked into getting you into the Southern Women’s Shows? Everyone here loves to go to them. Memphis usually has authors at Davis-Kidd Booksellers if they are going to carry your book but the people that I know would enjoy your book may or may not be familiar with it. What about Baptist Bookstores or will they carry it? We would love to have you at our Angel Food regional meeting but probably couldn’t coordinate schedules… never know. Don’t forget about Ambassadors!Wherever you go, I’ll be there and I know my daughter would in Little Rock AR!
Don’t forget to have them also book you on morning shows with our Angelfood supporters! FOX 13 Memphis with Valerie Calhoun; CBS WREG 3 with Mary Beth Conley or April Thompson; WREC FOX Radio 600 AM with Debby Hall; NBC WMC 5 with Kontji Anthony; interview with Wendy Thomas at Commercial Appeal newspaper. You now have over 128 area churches waiting for you to come to the Mid-South. You can even go to Beale St. or go to the Neely’s restaurants here for true barbecue!If Sister Schubert can bring her rolls and cookbook to Memphis, you know you can because Jordan rolls top hers any day!
Christy,
We were in Trussville, Alabama but have recently moved. So, my vote is for Winston-Salem,NC. I would love to meet you. I love making recipes from your site and my honey loves them too.
Winston-Salem is close enough! Still about 1.5 hours away, but I guess I could deal with it just for this
Northwest Arkansas! Fayetteville, Bentonville, home of the Hogs and Walmart!
I ~third~ Madison! Can’t wait to get my hands on that book!
You need to come to El Dorado Arkansas! I am so excited for you! Congratualtions! What an accomplishment! Can’t wait to purchase one!
Gadsden or Oxford, AL. If I have to I will come to Huntsville or Birmingham to see ya, but if you are closer I can get some of my friends to come. After you get more information I will e-mail Rachel from Alabama Bloggers and see if I could do some sort of interview or write up about you and SP. That is what that site is all about supporting all the wonderful bloggers from our great state.
It was 2AM when this email came through for me (I’m on the other side of the world right now) but it was well worth the wait! Congratulations Christy!! I’m so glad to hear that your book is done finally. I truly hope you get a chance now to lay back, relax, put your feet up and have someone serve you some ice-cold sweet tea! lol
I look forward to ordering my first copy. Can’t wait to read more of your wonderful stories. As for where to go? Ummmm, well i doubt Idaho is big on Southern cooking but hey, if you ever get out in this neck of the country I’ll be sure to try to stop in to get your signature.
Congrats again!!
Michael
I would love it if you came to Long Island, NY. There is a nice big Borders Book store in Farmingdale that just happens to be about 10 minutes from my house.
I am looking forward to your book, the recipes are great, but I also love your writing style. I can picture everything you write in my mind so clearly.
thank you for sharing yourself with us Christy. My best wishes for the successful release of your book.
Love ya,
JoAnn
I second Long Island especially if it’s in the summer because I am going to be REALLY FAT and REALLY HOT by then lol…
I am really looking forward to your cookbook I’m even gonna buy my own copy…. lol….
We Love ya,
Lisa
You know where you better come if you know whats good for you. nuff said.
I scanned the whole the whole reply list tosee what youhad to say to Christy. You are so funny in your remarks to her.
Hattiesburg, Mississippi would be wonderful! Please do come and sit a spell!!
I second that. I would love to get my big ole hug in Hattiesburg, MS. There are several bookstores there so I won’t be so picky about which one ;-0
WTG Christy!
Another vote for Hattiesburg, MS – Main Street Books, downtown.
Another vote for Hattiesburg!!! But, I could also drive to Jackson, MS, or to Mobile, AL if you couldn’t actually get here.
I think my hometown is a bit on the small side for a successful book signing but we have a mall in St. Clairsville , OH or I am sure Wheeling, WVA would be a good option. There is a nice new mall on the outskirts of town.
No way – not too small. Come see us! I am in Wheeling too! Heck – come to Pittsburgh – I will travel.
Tracie
I would love for you to come to Oxford/Gadsden, AL. I live in Ohatchee which is about in the middle! I can’t wait to come and meet you! Congratulations on the book!
Yay! Another Calhoun County SP fan.
Dear Harper please do not neglect Christy’s readers in this part of Alabama. Plus we’re close to Georgia so people in Cedartown/Rome (aka Polk and Floyd counties) could attend those signings if one is not planned for that area.
Christy, congratulations on your book. Another vote for Oxford/Gadsden area. We would love to see you and treat you like family….we’ll spoil you rotton!
Adding my congrats to the many others and you well deserve them!! Also want to add Charlottesville, Virginia to your growing lists of possible book signing places. We have a great Barnes & Noble here that offers book signings. PLease!!!!! I’d love to meet you and get as well as give a big hug. I have your 1st book and dearly love it, it has its own special place in my kitchen and is starting to get a little dog eared. Can’t wait to get the new one. I made your chicken stew last night, made a big enough pot so we’re having it tonight also. It is awesome, to say the least.
Girl you are going to go far and I’m proud to be hanging on for the ride. Thanks for all you do for all of us, we love ya loads & are very proud of you.
I think Oahu, Hawaii would be a GREAT stop on your book tour!! Sign some books, lay on the beach, watch for whales, you could even do them all at the same time. I’ve got some extra beach towels!
Fayetteville, Arkansas would be a wonderful place for a booksigning!!
Seattle, Washington!
Southeast Louisiana! New Orleans, Slidell, Mandeville. Who appreciates southern cooking more than us?
Will your book contain recipes not on your blog? I’d buy it anyway just for the pictures! Your pictures themselves are good enough to eat!
Hi!!
Congrats on the cookbook. Even though we are not in the South, it would be great to have you visit us in Tucson or Phoenix (well any of the communities around it like Chandler), AZ. It would be wonderful to see you here!
Congrat’s Christy I can’t wait for the cookbook! I can only imagine the WOW factor when I first open the new book!
How about good ole Illinois. Just kidding, know I cant make any book signings but will definitely be buying the book. I love cookbooks. I cant wait to get my hands on one of yours.
I hope you come to Frederick Md !!! We might not be as far south as you, but we are south of the Mason-Dixon!!
Plus, we are right in between Baltimore and Washington. So if you come to Frederick, you could take the kids to BOTH of those cities to sight see !!! Can’t wait for the book to come out!!
I agree with Kelli O! Come to Maryland! I live in Salisbury on the “Good ole’ Eastern Shore”. We are southern cooks just as much as those in the deep south! I just found this website and am in love with it! My biggest regret is that I didn’t get a chance to get your first cookbook, but you can bet your butt that I will get this one!
Come down to the beach!!! There’s a Books-a-Million in Gulf Shores now and that would be a perfect place for you to meet all your LA (lower Alabama) fans!!! Your family would love to visit the beach, too.
We love you down here, Christie!!! Congratulations on your new cookbook! I’m looking forward to meeting you!!!
Love ya,
Mignon
Congrats on the book! Can’t wait to get one.How about a stop in Southern IL..Would love to meet you.
Woohoo, I agree!!
Christy you know you gotta come down here to Perth!
I lived in the South when I was a very little girl and haven’t been back since. I’ve lived in Silicon Valley since I was six and enjoy the diversity we have here. Reading your stories and trying your recipes just adds something extra to the fast paced life here…it slows me and my young family down. Please let me know if you make it out to California….I’ll make sure to bring my foodie friends to meet you!
Blessings,
Paula
Hows exciting for you. And most of the suggestions are from the South. Please don’t forget us Northerners. We love Southern cooking too. How about Adrian Michigan or I am an hour from Toledo Ohio, an hour from Ann Arbor Michigan or an hour from Jackson Michigan.. Oh and if you like Nascar your can come to Brooklyn, Michigan a hop skip and jump from Michigan International Speedway. I am within hearing distance of the track.
I vote for a book signing in Myrtle Beach, SC!! I’ll bring all my friends. I promise!!
YAY! Finally a South Carolina suggestion. Myrtle Beach area would be GREAT!
I vote SC too!
I’d come see you if you were in Baton Rouge, LA! Congrats on finishing the book!
Christy,
Congratulations! What a treat is in store for all of us!
Come to Lynchburg, Va. Our dining out Sales Tax is 11%. We need lots of yummy recipes for those of us who don’t eat out.
See you soon!
Sara
Minneapolis, Minnesota !!!!!!!!!!
FLORIDA!!!! Jacksonville or Orlando or Daytona Beach. I’ll come to all 3!!!!
And while you’re at it, bring Ricky and the kids. Oh, and Terri. Don’t forget our good friend, Terri!
I’ll bring my two kids (I’ll make matching hairbows for Katy Rose and Mary Glen!!!!) and we’ll go visit Mickey and Minnie!!! Whaddya say???
Y’all come to Connecticut!!! Fairfield County is right outside NYC!!
(and Christy, you know my welcome mat is out!!)
Bountiful Blessings!!
Anywhere in Ohio!! My Aunt Sandy, me and a lot of others would drive down to the Ohio River to see you!! (and we’re up on Lake Erie!) BTW, have you seen my Aunt Sandy yet? She’s in Florida right now, but look out Bountiful! (She’s the one who sent you the pyrex bowl.)
Thanks for all you do, Christy!
Veronica
If you can make it anywhere in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana or Michigan, I’ll be there. Better yet, when you’re in Chicago – my hometown! – I’ll be there, too, for my second hug!
This book is gonna be GREAT!
Congratulations Christy!! It would be so nice if you could come to Fayetteville, GA … I love reading all of your recipes and cute stories
Come to Charlottesville, Virginia!! We have a great Barnes & Noble that does lots of book signings. I can’t wait to get the book and it would be so fine to get it signed! Thanks for all you do.
Tampa or Orlando… Both are a little over an hours drive for me – in different directions – but I would SO be the first in line to meet you and have my book signed.
Congratulations!
Child, you’ll have to come to Springfield, Missouri and sign your books at Barnes & Noble or Borders! I would take the day off of work just to give you a big ol’ Ozark welcome! I’m so excited for you!!!
Anywhere in the Jackson, MS area would be great. I want a copy for myself and to give my daughter for Christmas.
Congrats Christy! I’d be tickled pink if you’d come to Charleston, SC!!
Christy, YOU GO GIRL!!! I can’t wait to read your book. Come on up to Bangor, ME. Yeah, I am a Southern gal trapped in Maine. I love it here but cooking all these wonderful dishes makes me so home sick. We have a Border’s and a local chain, Mr. Paperback. I know there are several of us Southerns up here. You would sure warm up a cold winter. Congratulations.
Christy, you are awesome girl!! What an amazing job well done!! I’m in the Southern Illinois area sadly our only bookstore in our town closed recently.
St Louis, MO is the closest big city to me so if you are ever there it would most definitely be worth my drive!! Please consider it, I would love to meet you!
Southern Californ-I-A!!! We would love to see you out here! Making your taco soup and rolls for dinner tonight….BIG family hit! Thanks for all you do Christy, and a BIG congratulations to you!!!
Congrats on all your hard work!! You so deserve it!!
How about Normal, Illinois!! Then we can head off to the big city of Chicago and gawk at all the city slickers!
Hugs!
Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Charlotte and Raleigh,North Carolina!! I will be there!
Congrats on your book… I am so excited for you! I can not wait for my copy…and would love to have it signed by you!
Madison or Huntsville first! Then all the others.
Congratulations!
Barnes & Noble at Bridge Street Center in Huntsville, AL
Well I saw Nashville mentioned a couple of times and I remember a post containing Nashville so hopefully around there will make the list.
I personally favor Murfreesboro,TN. beautiful town, college town, TONS of people and more than one big bookstores to choose between.
Congratulations! Can’t wait to get my hands on it and hope you will come to Birmingham so I can meet you in person.
Blessings to you and your family.
Hi – I am really looking forward to your new cookbook. Congratulations!!!!! I really enjoyed your first one. And have used it quite a bit. I wish you would include Louisville, KY on a signing stop.
Come on down to Tupelo, MS! I’d love to meet you!
Cincinnati, OH or anywhere in OH, KY, or IN I’m willing to travel.
Christy! Fort Bragg, NC would love to see you! You have taught this newlywed Army wife how to cook! You are so great and such a blessing!
Dear Christy,
I’m so happy for you. Congratulations!
Watch out Pioneer Women, This southern girl can cook circles around your ranch.
Christy I do hope you’ll stop by the Books a Million in McDonough, Georgia. I really look forward to meeting you.
Blessing’s to you!
Sheila
I know that I have always heard you want to come to Charleston SC. Both Books A Million and Barnes and Nobles do book signings here (at least recently), plus their are either 3 or 4 of each store here so you could make the rounds. Looking forward to your new book!
CONGRATS!!!
I am so excited!! Wow, fall will be here before you know it.
Can’t wait……surely Madison will be your first stop:).
Look forward to meeting you.
Shanen
Madison, AL
Christy,
Mobile,Alabama Books-a-Million Belair Mall or
Barnes and Nobles Springdale Mall
They are right across the street from each other!
Memphis or Little Rock please!!!!!
Please come to Piscataway or Greenbrooj, NJ. People in the North need education!
Wow looks like you might want to travel a bit and meet your fans and sign some new cook books!!! I’m happy with any middle AL location Huntsville, Birmingham, Athens, Decatur…I can come to any of these!!! Great to see how you fans have grown!!! AWESOME–GOD LOVES YOU!!!
Congrats!!! Come to Jacksonville FL! I’ll be there!
Augusta, GA would be THRILLED to see you!!
Hey, Christy! Congratulations on finishing up that huge project! Can’t wait to see the book. Isn’t it lovely and exciting to read these comments from your friends from everywhere? Have a blessed and restful week! MaryC
Congratulations is in order! Love your Face Book site and enjoy all your wonderful recipes. It would be great to have a book signing at Myrtle Beach Mall Books a Million in the wonderful and friendly city of Myrtle Beach, SC…come on down!
Well, I am so sorry nobody seems to want to have you out their way for a book signin ~grins~
Hows about coming out for a western adventure? I know we can’t offer you familiar surroundings, but the high mountain air is sure nice and I have been reading your blog for while (especially when I’m feelin homesick).
Bookworks is a real nice locally-owned bookstore that has authors all the time and I am sure they would give you the advertising you would expect.
Fall in Albuquerque is just about the finest time to be here and if you come out in October there is the Balloon Fiesta or in September is the State Fair. Both events are super family friendly.
Awesomest church sign ever! Congratulations on finishing your book. You don’t happen to be planning on coming all the way out to Utah for book signing, do you? ‘Cuz this loyal fan would LOOOOOOOVE to see you here in Salt Lake City.
Ft Leavenworth KS????? Us Military Wives love you esp those of us who are Southern ….LOL…..I can’t wait to get the book.
How about Athens, Alabama. There’s a bookstore around the square, Pablo’s.
My Home here in West Texas…LOL…seriously…I would do it..
Dallas, Even Lubbock might be good but know the DFW are would be a good place….Congrats my southern friend…from your West Texas Fan…Karen Branscum
I live in Lubbock, Texas also and would love for you to come here. It is a central location for all of your Amarillo and Midland fans also!!
I just can’t decide which area would be best. I live in small town with great public library.(Moulton) About 35-40 miles from Florence, Tuscumbia, Shoals area. About 60 miles from Madison/Huntsville Area. Just need handicap access. When will we know the name, so we can start asking and looking for it.
I’d love to have a chance to meet and greet with you in Aiken, SC!! Books a Million is here and several smaller book stores. I read your blog daily, am just one of those that doesn’t post, lol. Love your blog and your recipes, congrats on the book!!!!!!! Can’t wait to get one!
Congratulations on the book. I am anxiously awaiting it. Hooterville doesn’t have a book store.
I think you need to come to Montgomery. I would love to meet you.
I think it would be great if you came to Montgomery.
Christie, please come to Sumter, SC or Florence, SC or Columbia, SC or Charleston, SC! I vote for anywhere in South Carolina actually! Can’t wait to get the new book.
My vote would be Leesburg,Florida. So glad I got your book last year since it’s no longer available! I feel like I know you and I’ve cooked a ton of your food! Good luck and congrats!
Leesburg would be close if you don’t pick Ocala FL… or Gainesville even. I would do either of these. Thanks for all you do!
Congratulations, Christy. You’ll be well traveled (and plum tuckered out) if you make even ten percent of these stops, but I’ll bet that it’s great to know how many folks want to meet you and pick up a copy of the new book. Please plan lots of posts before you hit the road?
Darlin, you have better come up to Portland, Oregon! Or I’ll whine!!
Columbia,SC, please!
Ooh, please come to Lakeland FL!!! We’re in central Florida right smack in between Tampa & Orlando. Can’t wait to get your book & hopefully meet ya soon!!!!……
Congratulations on a job well done! I made your buttermilk biscuits on Sunday and my family loved them…along with every other recipe I have tried. Just don’t forget to have a local book-signing. I am looking forward to meeting you and getting your new cookbook.
Girl, you know your first “stop ” has to be somewhere between Rogersville and Madison. You know, let the hometown folks be your first group and all that. I’m sure it would be a hit! Too bad your brother’s restaurant isn’t bigger. Then I would suggest having it there. You know, so we can all eat some of his good barbecue(the ability to cook must run in the family) while we meet you and talk about your good food. Except then everyone would have slaw stuck in their teeth.
Just make sure I’m off work or can get off before you plan it, so I can be there. I definately don’t want to miss this! And be sure to let the News Courier know, so I know when it is, just in case I miss the email. 
My goodness Christy! You have a whole bunch of comments for this. The 2 largest towns near me are Monroe, La. and Alexandria, La. I know there is a Books-A-Million on both cities and in Monroe there is this little book store that has done book signings before it’s called Window’s a Bookshop. Hopefully it can make it this way! Love ya girl! God Bless you!
Vickie
Christy, I went to Window’s a Bookshop website and they are closed. I didn’t know that. Maybe your publishers can find a place near me anyway! Maybe my town library!…~giggles~ Just wanted to correct my info above.
HOUSTON….TEXAS…that is!! Might be a big city, but we have many smaller towns around us as well; I’m sure ladies and gents from these towns would drive into the Big City just to see you and buy your cookbook. Houston would welcome you with open arms – talk about a big hug!
This Georgia Peach would love for you to come to Atlanta. Congratulations on your cookbook. Can’t wait to get a copy! All of my husband’s favorite meals are from Southern Plate, so he’s anxious, too!
Hi Christy,
I have a suggestion…QVC has alot of Southern Hosts. I would suggest emailing David Venable at QVC..he has the Kitchen show every Sunday at noon and one segment is Cookbook Corner..I bet they would love to sell your cookbook for you !!
Best of Luck and I cant wait to be able to buy one !!
Charleston, SC hearts Southern Plate!
Are all the recipes from the self published book included in the new one?
Congratulations on the new bok, Christy! Now, I know Southern Plate celebrates the ’southern plate and palate’. But why not share it with us Yankees? Champaign, IL would LOVE to host you! We need more southern charm AND plates up here!
Best of luck in this new venture! I hope you have many more books in your future!
~Danny
I vote for Pensacola, FL! We have a BAM and a B&N. I know you have some readers in NW Fla. If that’s not possible, I see there are already two mentions for Mobile. I might be able to go there if my schedule is not too busy at the time.
Congrats on the book!
Congratulations! Please don’t forget those of us who are misplaced in the midwest (Cleveland) and northeast. You bring a piece of home back to us.
I think you should come to beautiful Pensacola Florida. We have beautiful white beaches for the children to play on. For the adults we have a museum of Naval Aviation located on NAS Pensacola. And many more sites to see and appreciaate. One of the attractions is an eatery called McGuires Pub owned by Mr & Ms Martin. People have stapled money on the ceiling giving it a crazy atmosphere. Just one of many sites located here. Love to see you come here, and want to say thank you for all of your hard work, I know it isn’t easy. Van
Not to mention Blue Dot, The Coffee Cup, Jerry’s Drive-In… Oh, and antique malls with Depression glass and Fire King.
I’ll throw in some butter as a bribe to sweeten the deal!
Butter… that’s too funny!!
Hey Christy!
Please come to Dallas, TX!!! We can highly recommend the Barnes and Noble at Firewheel in Garland (a suburb of Dallas). We’d love to meet you and take you to an awesome Southern-style restaurant!
Denise B.
Dallas, TX
The BookNook in Mary’s Georgia.
Atlanta, GA or Charleston, SC!
I vote for Greensboro or Winston-Salem NC. I live north of Greensboro in the middle of nowhere but I could make it to either of those cities. Can’t wait. I have your self published cookbook too. Love the recipes!!
Asheville, NC would be a great locale for a book signing – not to big a place but not to small either, and the scenery is beautiful!! Lots of eclectic and diverse folks live in the area and as you can see from previous comments alot of support in the area too. I’ve purchased a couple of copies of your self published cookbook and can’t wait for this new arrival!! Congrats!
Longview or Tyler, Texas PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Longview or Tyler Texas PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
If you’re heading north, then I vote for Grand Rapids, MI … or even Holland, MI!!! *smile* I can’t wait to purchase your book!!!
well—sounds like you’re a gonna be busy —-I’m up in Indianapolis area–but it looks like we’ll be making a road trip to get closer to you!!!My daughter does live in Jackson Tn. area so when you’re close to there-I’ll make my trip–can’t wait to see the schedule!!!! p/s my granddaughters all have pretty hair bows that grandma makes for every holiday and for valentine’s day – little bears with matching bows around the neck that match their hair bows–they think their grandma is great–and I think you’re great!!
How about Greenville or Spartanburg SC. Lots of small towns around that would love to come see you! Thanks for the great ideas– I just made the M&M cookies with my kids and they loved them! Me too!
Yes, upstate South Carolina loves you!!! Please come to Greenville!
Darlin’ Christy, I’d love it if you were able to come on up to our homestead in Mountain View so we can sip some sweet tea and dine on something delightful but if you can’t, then I’ll understand if we can only meet up in Springfield, Missouri.
A big ol’ congratulations on finishing up the cookbook from me and mine and wishes for a non-stop flow of blessings to you and yours! xoxo
Please come to Michigan, in particular either Grand Rapids or the Detroit area!
Christy,
I want to congratulate you!! I am so happy that a dream is coming true for you! You deserve it because you have made such an impact on my life and of course my cooking! I look forward to purchasing your cook book and hopefully having you sign it in Saint Simons Island, Georgia?!?!
Congrats,
Heidi
St. Simon’s Island would be great but Gainesville Georgia would be great too!
Central Florida please…I am in Tampa, but would drive to Orlando, where you could visit Mickey after the signing.
Can’t wait to pre-order my copy.
Would love to see you come to Jackson, TN. I can’t wait for my copy!
Hurry!
would love to see you in the northwest like maybe Eugene, Oregon,like Barnes and Noble here. Just love all your recipes,I grew up with cooking like this.Maybe since your self book is no longer available you will start posting some of the recipes we haven’t seen. Good job Christy…look forward to your new book.
Okay, I know this is a long shot, but here goes … PLEASE come to Toronto, Canada!
You could make it a mini-vacay! We’ve got Niagara Falls 1.5 hours away, hippo tour buses that go from the streets to Lake Ontario, beautiful fall colours, different kinds of poutine for you to try, a revolving restaurant, Paramount’s Wonderland, the longest street in the world, and the most polite people ever. You will be so welcomed here!
Also, scientific research has shown that lack of sunshine often causes Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and Multiple Sclerosis. Since everyone knows that Christy = sunshine, it’s really a public service that you’d be doing for Canadians.
Please come!!
Congrats on the spankin new book. I’m so excited to get a copy and see YOU, the Mary Poppins food and to read more of your lovely stories.
Take care from Toronto!
Can’t wait to get this for my daughters and sisters!! Hope to see you in South Carolina!!! Best Wishes to you and your family!!
Just another plea – North Carolina – the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill and Burlington/Graham area (home of Jeanne Robertson – Flat Out Funny).
Thank you for all the work you’ve put into this website and the book – I plan to buy copies for my 3 daughters, my Mom, my Sister and my Sisters-in-Christ for Christmas 2010…would love to have you sign them but either with or without the signature my family is gonna LOVE THE COOKBOOK!!
I look forward to opening your site everyday for a hunt for something different to try. We had a huge snowstorm last weekend and my family was blessed with a Chocolate Cobbler – I posted it on FaceBook and friends wanted to know “What? where?” It was GOOOOOD!!! We loved the cakie part and the gooey part!! Bless you and your Momma! Sue Horne in Rougemont, NC
How about Montgomery Alabama? You could take the I-65 road trip and stop in Huntsville, Birmingham, Montgomery, and then on down to Gulf Shores. That would cover meeting alot of us and you’d see Alabama the beautiful from top to bottom and get to visit the beach for a break after all that hard work! Best wishes! Kathy
Hope you make it Wichita, Kansas. I will be there for sure.
We cooks of south Alabama would love for you to come to Mobile.
I am so very excited and cannot wait until your cookbook is out.
Shout out from Austin TX! We’d love to have you!!
I could make it up to Austin to see you! If you could come to New Braunfels that would even be better, but I’d go to Austin or San Antonio if you made it to either of those places. Heck, maybe even Houston and visit my parents on the way!
In Austin TX, the bookstores named Book People (603 N. Lamar, Austin 78703, 512-472-5050) and Book Woman (5501 N. Lamar, Austin 78751, 512-472-2785) regularly host book signings and favor not-the-run-of-the-mill authors.
There are also regular book signings at the various locations of Half-Price Books in the Austin area, including the newest one in Cedar Park, just northwest of Austin (and closest to me) in the 1890 Ranch Shopping Center, 1335 E. Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park 78613, 512-259-2851.
Come on down! We’d purely love to see you – and central Texans buy LOTS and LOTS of books! Give me a few weeks’ heads-up and we’ll corral all the Scouts to come see you too!
Waco, Texas would welcome you with open arms! Congrats on finishing the cookbook. It’s one that will most *definitely* be added to my collection
please come to the suburan chicago area!! not downtown chicago. there is an independent bookseller-anderson’s- in naperville. also ,there are plenty of barnes and noble and border’s bookstore’s.
please don’t forget us displaced southerner’s because we live in yankee land. my momma and daddy and all their people are from about as far into southeastern kentucky as you can be before you are a virginian!! please come north if only for a little while!
oh Christy- we all would love to meet you- how about a book signing at the Barnes and Noble – Center Valley PA Promenade Shops?? or King OF Prussia Mall??? that’s in Philly…I live in Macungie PA about 5 miles south of Allentown PA…come on up…and stay a while…my house is open to you!! with Northern Hospitality!!
loveyougirl!
Robin:-)
Well are you pinching yourself to make sure you’re not dreaming? Talk about a dream coming true for you!! A BIGGGGG CONGRATS on what you have accomplished in such a short time. I am trilled for you. Your recipes ROCK!!!
Just down the road a piece from you is a Books-A-Million in Florence, AL. You’d cover the entire Shoals area, all of northwest Alabama, southern Tennessee and eastern Mississippi. Talk about killing a flock of birds with one stone!
Can’t wait to get your book and meet you. By the way, the Joe Muggs Cafe inside B-A-M makes a mean cup a jo. Love my Caramel Machiatos (YUM).
Dothan, Alabama! B & N, BAM, as well as a REALLY terrific little coffeeshop called Dakota Coffeeworks…. would be perfect!
Birmingham, AL and Gadsden, AL
We would love to see you in McDonough, GA at the Books A Million store!
Barnes & Noble in either Cumming or Buford, GA. Just north enough of Atlanta to avoid most of the traffic. LOL
Fayetteville, Arkansas – Barnes and Noble, Hastings Bookstore, or Sam’s Club
Village Green Bookstore in Tupelo, MS.
Dallas, TX!!!! Specifically Barnes & Noble in Denton since that is closest to me, but I can handle Frisco, Dallas, Plano-anything to see you! We are all so excited and can’t wait to see you!
Dallas/ FT. Worth TEXAS!!!!!!!
Somewhere in Southern Illinois, maybe Fairview Heights, IL or St. Louis, MO
Please come to Franklin, TN. There is a Borders and there is also a Barnes and Noble. They’re both nice stores.
Madison Al. should be first
Toledo, OH
Charleston, S.C. West Ashley locations of Barnes& Noble or Books A Million would be great!
We would love to see you out here in Fort Worth, TX!! It would be great to see you again
I’d love to see you in Pensacola, FL.
Anywhere in Arkansas, maybe Little Rock. Of course, little ole’ White Hall would be even better!!!
Hattiesburg, Mississippi is a perfectly lovely college town with a very nice Books-A-Million. I would love to meet you and ask you to sign my cookbook and I KNOW there are others around this area who would love to see you too. So PLEASE Christy, think about Hattiesburg — pretty please???
Come to Savannah, GA!!! I’m actually in Guyton…about 45 minutes away (in the country!) but I would definitely drive in! We would love to have you here!
I would love to see you come to Memphis (we have a few Barnes & Nobles). However, I saw quite a few Nashville comments…and that’s close enough to drive. I also have family there, so I could do a 2 in 1 visit!
Congrats on the book! I can’t wait to get a copy…and I’m sure I will find somewhere close enough to drive, to meet you!
Nashville would be great….Murfreesboro, TN would be BETTER! Either way, my daughter and I can’t wait to meet you!
Portland Oregon!
You can stay with us on the farm and I’ll make you mac and cheese
Barnes & Noble Clackamas Or
See? Two people for Portland, Oregon!! Now you HAVE to come visit!
I hope you can hit the Northwest! Either Vancouver, WA or Portland, Oregon would be awesome!!
SEATTLE!!
Orlando has more than 1.6 million year round residents. Our largest book store is the Barnes & Noble downtown on Highway 50. (Also called Colonial Drive.) The Barnes & Noble is located in the “Colonial Marketplace.”
It’s where Gladwell,Huckabee,Beck and other writers who draw large crowds do their book signings. The store has experience with signings and promote and handle them well.
Look forward to buying ten-plus copies that evening!
Come meet some Yankees at Rainy Day Books in Shawnee, KS.
Houston,Texas. I’ll cook dinner!
Hi Brittany! We could go together, haven’t seen you in ages!
If you are going to Charlotte and near Atlanta…you have to stop in Upstate, SC. Anywhere in Upstate. We love you here, have tons of bookstores…and honey…most of us are COOKS!!
We’d love to see you in Dayton, OH at our local Barnes & Noble or Books & Co.
My vote would be Macon, GA. Atlanta would work too!
Naples, FL — I’d love to meet you!
Like to see you in Charlotte,NC
or Rock Hill, SC
wooo hooo
Bring on the book signing.
Come to Independence, Missouri or even Kansas City, Mo….the heart of the country…..Lots of book stores in this part of the country….Hope to see you ! Bless you and your family
Hey! Were kindred spirits in the same neck of the woods! So glad to know!
Would love for you to come visit the Altoona, Pennsylvania Barnes and Noble book store! I know it’s a far bit from where you live, though. But the late spring/early summer/fall time is really lovely here (especially when the leaves turn in the fall).
I’d buy TWO books, I promise!
Diane in PA
If you come out West, I would love to see you in Seattle or Tacoma Washington!
Love to see you in Boise, ID!
Come north …
Pittsburgh, PA
Harrisburg, PA
Williamsport, PA
Even …
Baltimore, MD
Washington, D.C.
Keene, NH
Springfield, MA
Madison AL (for the hometown crowd obviously
Hattiesburg Mississippi — Books-A-million
I really want you to come to Oxford or Gadsden AL, both of them have a great book store for your signing. With BIG parking lots for the long line of fans sure to come to see you!
Gadsden and Oxford both have Books A Million. And as a bonus if you come to either place I will feed you.
Go North young lady. Stretch your legs north of the Mason Dixon Line in Lancaster, PA., Amish Country. Have followed you since I purchased your cookbook in August of 2008 and would love to meet you.
I am so excited for you Christy! We NEED you to come to Charlotte, NC ! Can’t wait to see you there!
Congrats Christy…can’t wait for your book..
come on up to the Center Valley Promenade Barnes and Noble store…or the Lehigh Valley Mall Barnes and Noble…LOVE TO SEE YOU!!!
love our southern plate!
robin wieder
Richmond VA at Barnes and Noble or Borders, please, please, please…I would love to meet you and cant wait for the book
Hows about Boise, Idaho? You could teach some NW Country folk about Southern cooking!
Hey…I just noticed I’m not the only one from up there! YAY!! Does that mean we get more points? lol
COME TO KANSAS CITY, MO or OVERLAND PARK, KS..I just moved to Olathe, KS. 2 years ago from Memphis, Tennessee and found that there are many SOUTHERNERS or SOUTHERNERNS at HEART that live here.
We have a Books a Million and Barnes and Noble in Florence, South Carolina. Never heard of it? If you’ve been to Myrtle Beach, you’ve passed right through it!
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Come to Spartanburg, SC. There are two book stores here: Christian Supply and Barnes and Noble. Greenville, SC would work too! You can’t get much more Southern than South Carolina!
Hey Christy!
What’s not southern about Nashville, TN? I think you need to come visit Music City!!
Barnes & Noble’s North Point Bookstore in Roswell, GA off of GA 400!!
Yes, we’ll all be there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please, it’s a great location, you’ll have a great crowd here!!!!
Easy access, plenty of parking…
How about Arlington, Texas? There is a Barnes and Nobles close by and I would love to actually meet you in person. From one southern girl to another-please come.
Christy, you know you just have to have a book signing here in our hometown of Athens, Alabama. PLEASE!! Can’t wait for your book!! Kathy
We’d love to see you in Elizabethtown, KY at Barnes & Noble, or Louisville, KY at any bookstore. Love ya Christy!
Christy, please come north of the Mason-Dixon line!! Central Pennsylvania to be exact…
Please come to the beautiful city of Roanoke, Virginia in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We have our famous Farmer’s Market that I’m sure you would enjoy visiting. We would love to have you.
Since there are other requests for North Carolina, how about stopping in Winston-Salem. We have a great Barnes & Noble and Borders. I would love to see you!
Books-A-Million on Hwy 72 in Madison, Alabama
In Austin TX, the bookstores named Book People (603 N. Lamar, Austin 78703, 512-472-5050) and Book Woman (5501 N. Lamar, Austin 78751, 512-472-2785) regularly host book signings and favor not-the-run-of-the-mill authors.
There are also regular book signings at the various locations of Half-Price Books in the Austin area, including the newest one in Cedar Park, just northwest of Austin (and closest to me) in the 1890 Ranch Shopping Center, 1335 E. Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park 78613, 512-259-2851.
Come on down! We’d purely love to see you – and central Texans buy LOTS and LOTS of books! Give me a few weeks’ heads-up and we’ll corral all the Scouts to come see you too!
Alabaster, Alabama – if you can’t make it there, Birmingham, Alabama at least? And, congratulations on your many successes!
Athens, AL CEI Book Store on the square.
Love to see you in Augusta, GA. We have Barnes & Nobles, Borders,Books a Million. Take your pick!
Please come to Baton Rouge.
Hi, looking forward to your new book, loved the 1st one.
Anyone else from around Elizabethtown, KY, we’ve a Barnes & Noble that would probably work with you on a book-signing & there’s lots of people would love to meet you. I also agree with the QVC idea, you wouldn’t have to travel so much, get all kinds of viewers & publicity, sales, etc., then get back to your new house & family that you love so much, & more recipes for us. Hee Hee
Huntsville Alabama of course
Edmond, Oklahoma
Memphis, TN – draws from Tennessee, areas of Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri and Kentucky -
Christy, woohoo on your new cookbook. I’d really love to meet you…I work in Atlanta, Ga (Buckhead area) adn there is a Borders bookstore near by. I live in Woodstock, Ga and there is a small local bookstore there called FoxTale. Please, please, please come to Georgia….we are neighbors after all!!!!
I’d suggest Huntsville (duh), Nashville, Murfreesboro (there’s a big B&N at The Avenue), Chattanooga, Memphis and Jackson, TN.
Please consider Barnes & Noble at The Villages,
Florida. It is an active adult etirement community with a population of over 75,000 people. Every book signing I have seen them do has been amazing with huge crowds. Check out the community at http://www.thevillages.com. Thanks.
Books-a-Million in Decatur, AL first choice. Madison or Huntsville if that is not possible.
We southerner’s up here in Michigan just can’t wait for your new cookbook! Please, please come to Sterling Heights’ Barnes & Noble (it’s just north of little ol’ Detroit) and I guarrantee that you will be swamped by us Southern (in mind and heart!) gals. Can’t wait to get your new cookbook!!
Paducah,Ky. would be my first choice, but I saw several requests for Nashville TN or Cape Girardeau MO and could justify a trip in either direction! Just let me know when and where and I will be there!!!! Congratulations on the book! I have already preordered my copy!
I requested my little city of Longview, WA before but figure its kind of a long shot considering its not real big so would you please consider Vancouver, WA if you can’t come to Longview?
It’s just across the river from Portland, OR but I always get lost in Portland.
LOL
Fort Worth, Texas. I’m telling everyone I know about your website and the fact that I haven’t tried any recipe yet that hasn’t been good. I am so confident about the outcome of your recipes that I even dare to make them for the first time for company!
Borders Book store at Interstate 30 at Hulen in Fort Worth would be great. This is right in front of Central Market which would also be an excellent place to you to come. People come from miles around to go to this market that has stuff from all over the world. For example, there are at least 20 different kinds of apples there. The only Central Market locations I know of are in Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin.
Denton, TX would be good too. It is the home of the University of North Texas, UNT. My son is a journalist for the Denton Record Chronicle. He could do a story for the paper if you came there. Denton is approximately 25 miles north of Fort Worth and about 25 miles northwest of Dallas. The Denton Record Chronicle is owned by the Dallas Morning News so often, if something pertains to the greater Dallas area, my son’s articles are also published in the Dallas Morning News. With 5 million people in the DFW metroplex, you could cover places in Dallas, Plano, Fort Worth, Arlington, Frisco, Denton, etc. in a couple of days. The Denton Record Chronicle and The Dallas Morning News are owned by Belo, the same company that owns our local ABC affiliate Channel 8. They have a local morning show that perhaps you could be on.
My son can be reached at
work number: 940-566-6882. Email: lmbrown@dentonrc.com.
By the way, he is a big fan of your family’s Chicken Stew.
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I can’t wait to get your cookbook – would love to see you at the Borders in Marietta, GA (at The Avenue).
There are so many replies that I couldn’t read them all,but,Christy, what about this idea……Decide where you and the family really want to visit and let us all know. Then your SP family can insist that you have a book signing there!!! Good for all of us then!!!
Southlake, Texas – Barnes and Noble in Town Square.
Please come to Sugarland Texas @ the Barnes and Noble.
I would love to have you come to Spokane WA or Coeur d’Alene Idaho (they are just 32 miles apart. Love your recipes and your charm. I look forward to your posts.
Wil In WA
Waco, TX @ the Barnes & Noble!!
GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA PLEASE!
There are lots of people here with a connection to Alabama and a lot more people who love a good recipe!
There is a books a million, and a loveley Barnes & Noble (green ridge shopping center) or the family christian book store (woodruff road) would be good also.
If you come this way, I will personally spread the word and get some of my girls our for the signing!!
Jan
You HAVE to stop–or start!–in Nashville, since we are just right up the road. (literally!) We have lots of bookstores who could host you and they should be lining up for the opportunity to do so! I could bring 10 friends just by myself–maybe you should come to my house instead!
Vero Beach, Florida at the Vero Beach Book Center!!!
Any bookstore, Barnes & Noble, Borders, whatever, in and around Tampa Florida! Five minutes from my house is Barnes & Noble at the Shoppes at Wiregrass in Wesley Chapel, FL.
I’d love to hug your neck if I ever get the chance! And I promise, if you do come down this way, I’ll bring a bus load of women (& maybe some men, too!) to see you!
I live in a small city named Cabot, Ar. While I know it isn’t likely that you would come here, I hope you would consider Little Rock or North Little Rock, Arkansas. It is still close to me and I would LOVE to finally meet you face to face.
I am relocating to Panama City FL in May so that would be great, I look forward to getting my hands on your new book. Congrads!!!
Please come to Texas. I know you have many fans all over this state and picking out one location would be difficult. I live a little north of Houston but I would be more than happy to take a trip to Dallas, Austin or San Antonio. There are many wonderful family activities to do in any of these cities. Also, once again congratulations on the book, what a Blessing! I can’t wait!
I would vote for Tulsa OK.. thats the nearest big town to Sapulpa that would have a big book store for you to promote your cookbook in and I would drive there in a minute to see you..
hugs Jo in Sapulpa
And John across the street would come too…
We’d love to see you in the Winston-Salem, NC area. We have both Barnes & Noble (just off Hanes Mall Blvd.) and Borders at Thruway Shopping Center on Stratford.
Will you be posting a schedule? Please.
Books a Million – Florence AL
Jacksonville, FL please.
Good luck with all you do girl! You are a hoot! 
Seattle, WA – I’ll get all my SEC friends to come, too – and maybe even a Yankee!
Lakeland, Florida pretty please. I’d be there!! Can’t wait for this book!! Hugs~Laurie
Boise, Idaho!
KENOSHA , WISCONSIN! GREAT CITY ! GREAT COOKS!
Jacksonville Florida~ lots of military families are stationed here from all over the SOUTH!!! We love your emails and your website.
Many fans from L.A. are in this area Christy!!!
Fayetteville, North Carolina Barnes and Noble
Columbus, Ohio would be a great place to go ! It is so centrally located.
Borders Books in Coon Rapids, MN would be great. I love your recipes.
Well, I wasn’t even going to ASK, since I live in Colorado Springs, but I saw an earlier post for Denver. I’m so excited for your book!!
Would love to see you come to Denver/Arvada/Wheat Ridge, Colorado area!
I’m from Mississippi and would love to be able to see you,perhaps in Jackson or on the coast (Biloxi or Gulport.
Hey – congratulations on your book being published! I am the Editorial Director for the free cooking and recipe website http://www.RecipeLion.com, and I’m sure our readers would love to learn about this. I’d love to hype it on our site and/or in our newsletter.
Please contact me (I emailed as well).
Thanks, and best wishes!
Nina
How about Dothan, Alabama???
Please don’t forget to include Knoxville,Tn.I’m looking foward to you going on tour.I can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!
Books-A-Million in Huntsville or Madison, ALABAMA…
Congrats on the Book Expo of America in NYC!!!
If you need a travel partner I am available…hee hee hee
congrats on the honor of being featured at the book fair & trip to NYC!!! ‘
I felt I needed to echo what so many others have said… PLZ remember us hometown neighbors!
We met in the Publix in Athens, AL, so I think you might live close? Regardless, PLZ have a book signing here in Athens – or if we’re not neighbors… Madison or Huntsville would still be great! Or maybe you could do Athens, since it’s on the interstate and people could travel here easily? And then ALSO have a book signing in Madison or H’ville?! 
That’d be grrrrrrrreat!!!!
You need to contact QVC!
Go to their website and sign-up to boast your cook-book!
You would be the next Paula Deen/ Rachael Ray!!
Every Sunday @ noon w/ David Venable cooking, always feature “Cookbook Corner.”
I can see selling over 12,000 books and advanced orders.
Go for it!!
wilmington, nc, please, ma’am!
barnes and noble will do just fine~ love you and EVERY recipe i’ve tried so far!!
North Texas, PLEASE!!! (namely, dallas/FORT WORTH!!–yes, I live in Forth Worth, but, maybe somewhere between here and Dallas???) You know though, I would probably even brave driving to Dallas to get to meet you! (You have NO idea how NOT fun that is.. but.. I would do it!) But, PLEASE come this way!!
Hi – Congrats on the book!! I look so forward to purchasing your book. Would love to see you in the central Texas area. I think Fort Hood, Texas would be a wonderful place. This is an area that has people from every corner of the US. You would also have the opportunity to meet and greet the awesome soldiers and their families that are serving our great country. I look forward to purchasing 4 books for my 2 daughters and my daughter-in-law and of course ME. I might just have to get one for each of my 2 granddaughters to put away for later
. Pam
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE come to Greenville, South Carolina!! I saw at least one other request for Greenville on my scroll down to the comment box:) We would SO love to have you come see us! And a little birdie told me you’ve never been to South Carolina. So you really need to take this opportunity to meet some South Carolinians, enjoy the hospitality and enjoy the scenery. South Carolina is a wonderful place. Just below Asheville, NC and I’m sure those folks would love to have you stop there too on your way down from Tennessee! So see, I’ve got it all figured out for you!
I have to admit, I just found your site a couple of months ago but I was sold after my first visit. I hope you do get to visit us here in S.C. But either way, I’m buying the book!
Please come to Paducah , KY. Books A Million or Sam’s Club.We love southern cooking and everyone always needs more great recipes.