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!
Fayetteville or Asheboro, NC both would be cool. I live in a smaller town but both are like an 90 minute drive… Totally worth it.
Asheboro has a Zoo if you want to take the kids with you and do a US Zoo tour 😛
Hey Christy,
Once you’re finished in Charlotte, NC head northwest to Hickory, NC (we have a great Barnes & Noble). You can stay on I-40 heading west and make your way to Asheville. Either way, I hope to meet you on your book tour!
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!
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Or Kramerbooks & Afterwords in Washington DC…or Barnes and Noble in Bethesda (downtown or White Flint mall).
second that! yay for DC!!! 🙂
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!!
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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!!!
Nashville would be great or Murfreesboro,Tn.
How about Memphis, TN? !
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!