For Immediate Release: March 2010
Contact: Angelia Johnson • ajohnson@gapublishers.com • 1.888-854-5954

Help Preserve Mississippi's Food Heritage
Submit Your Recipe to Mississippi's Hometown Cookbook

Kent Whitaker and Sheila Simmons are searching for Mississippi's favorite recipes to include in the latest edition to their State Hometown Cookbook Series. You can help preserve Mississippi's food heritage by submitting recipes to be included in Mississippi Hometown Cookbook.

The State Hometown Cookbook Series brings you a taste of American one state at at time and will eventually cover the United States with a book for each state. There are currently four books in the series: Georgia Hometown Cookbook, Louisiana Hometown Cookbook, Tennessee Hometown Cookbook, and Texas Hometown Cookbook all published last month by Great American Publishers (Kosciusko, MS; www.greatamericanpublishers.com). In addition to highlighting each state's favorite recipes, the series features entertaining sidebars about fun food-related festivals throughout the state.

Whitaker and Simmons are asking Mississippi's hometown cooks to send recipes to be included in the book. They are looking for long-time, favorite recipes that you or your mother or your grandmother have made over and over again… the recipes that you take to family reunions or church socials… the dish that always generates requests for the recipe. If your recipe is chosen for the book, will receive a complimentary copy of Mississippi Hometown Cookbook. Credit will be given in the book below the recipe.

To submit your recipes, be sure to include the recipe title, complete list of ingredients, instructions, and the name and Mississippi city where you would like to have the recipe credited. Authors also welcome your personal comments and stories about the recipe. Sent one to five recipes per person by mail or fax to: Great American Publishers • P. O. Box 1305 • Kosciusko, MS 39090 • fax 601-854-5958. Visit the website at www.HometownCookbookSeries.com to submit recipes online. Call toll-free 1.888.854.5954 for additional information.

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