Wanna see the Southern Plate Cookbook before anyone else?
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Today, I’m so excited to bring you an EXCLUSIVE sneak peek at the cover and the inside of my cookbook before anyone else sees it!
Southern Plate: Classic Comfort Food That Makes Everyone Feel Like Family
Some amazingly talented people have worked very hard on this book and I want to give special thanks to the photography team and my wonderful publishers at Harper Collins! Today I’m also going to show you a glimpse of the interior, right off the design boards! These are the sample designs of the interior, they aren’t finalized yet (you’ll notice the page numbers aren’t there and it’s only a sampling of a few pages so we could get a feel for the final product) but I knew you’d be just as tickled as I was to see them firsthand. I’ve been DYING wanting to show you the book and I’d love to hear back from you – I hope you love it as much as I do!
If you’d like to see the inside (oh my, SO EXCITED about the inside!) click below.
To preview the initial design layout samples hot off the presses, click here.
The book is already available for pre-order. We don’t have all of the extras up there yet (See how neat it is that you can see them here first?) but you can click here or on the book cover to pre-order your copy now and have it delivered to your home as soon as it debuts in October. All pre-order sales count towards the first week’s sales so if we get enough pre-orders our book could actually debut on the lists with all the other “big boys”. I say “our book” because I really do think of this book as yours and mine. I even dedicated the book to you (in my usual long winded fashion), but you’ll have to see the actual book to read that. You know who I’m talking about when I say “big boys”, the fancy schmancy cookbooks that have all those ingredients we can’t pronounce! ~grins~.
Our cookbook features over 160 recipes, all from my family to yours and yes, many of them will be exclusive to the cookbook (never before published on Southern Plate) but per your feedback, I was sure to include many of your Southern Plate favorites as well so you could have them all in one handy place. I even have a whole section in there on gravies- Of course I have red-eye!
I tried to write the “go to” cookbook I’ve always wanted to have when it comes to simple, old fashioned recipes that I grew up with and I could not be happier with the finished product. In this day and age of entire networks dedicated to food – I think most of us just want to come home to the kind of meal our Mama’s and Grandmama’s made, put on the table by someone who loves us. I’ve included the stories with every recipe so you know where it came from, why I love it so much, and why I think you’ll like it to. This isn’t just a cookbook with ingredients and instructions, it’s a collection of recipes and remembrances shared with you just like a friend would.
I hope you’ll feel as if you’re sitting at my table chatting with me when you read it because that is just where my heart was as I wrote it.
More Great News! (click more to read)
Harper Collins has moved our book to a larger imprint. Southern Plate will now be printed under William Morrow! Some amazing books have been published under this imprint and I’m honored to be among them.
The William Morrow folks are new to the Southern Plate Family so I’d dearly love it if you’d say “hi” to them in the comments section of this post and let them know how much we all appreciate their faith in us and our book!
“Southerners like to feed people. Doing so nourishes the soul of the giver.”
Thanks to William Morrow and co. for publishing Christy’s book. Christy it looks just wonderful and the food pictures look delicious, I was drooling over the ham picture and to see how easy your recipes are to follow, I just love it. I am so happy for you and your family, you deserve to be the outstanding author that you are. Congrats
Dear Christy — so thrilled for you — I know somewhat how you feel I’ve wrote and illustrated a few sets of children books for the deaf — many years ago and when my first set was plublished it was awsome feeling..
Your Cookbook cover is captivating — it has all the charm that I see you have with irresistible appeal…
PS.. THANK YOU William Morrow and HarperCollins for publishing Christy’s cookbook for my family and I…
Love it!! I just found your site a couple of months ago, and I am so glad I did! I will definitely be buying a copy of your cookbook!
Oh my! I can’t wait!
WOW! Christy (like we are on a first name basis) the cookbook
looks AWESOME! You go girl! All of us stay at home raising a
family normal chicks are cheering you!!
Girrrrl we ARE on a first name basis! First names, iced tea, and BIG hugs!
~giggles~ normal chicks…~grins~ I know EXACTLY what you mean!
Christy, you deserve all the goodness that is about to be bestowed upon you. You make us want to do better by our families by cooking real food for real people. Many continued blessings. Cathy
This really is so special for all of us that are Southern Plate followers. I have been reading your posts for quite some time and you are just such a normal down-to-earth Southern Girl (like me). How many other folks in your position would spend the time to respond to their readers posts or ask their opinions or share such great moments in their life. We really feel like we know you and this whole process is like watching a friend truly succeed. It is a real blessing. We are all so proud of you.
William Morrow, you have invested wisely. This cookbook is going to be a smashing success. We can’t thank you enough for believing in Christy like we do.
🙂