Part memoir and love letter, too, A Cookbook for Katie offers simple recipes and practical advice to a young bride about to walk down the aisle and into her own future of homemaking. Cooking tips and recipes are framed by family-themed essays that capture the flavor, heart and humor of home life. Readers say it is: "Comforting and tender--a pleasure to read." Faye "Wonderfully friendly." KR "I spread it out and made the book last as long as I could, but it was a challenge. I wanted to race through to see what would happen next." Cecelia While written specifically for the writer's niece in response to the bride's request for a collection of family recipes when she was about to marry, this unusual memoir-cookbook could help any new bride who may need to answer the question, "What's for supper?" with good spirits, a hot meal and a pan of perfectly baked cornbread. Highly readable and wryly wise, A Cookbook for Katie, Recipes and Reveries for the Bride, is a celebration of love and food, with recipes not only for simple suppers and holiday meals but also for living lovingly after you say, "I do." Buy a copy for yourself or a bride today.
About the Author Daphne Simpkins presently writes The Adventures of Mildred Budge, stories about a retired fifth grade school teacher who is now a full-time Southern church lady. Current titles include the first two novels Cloverdale and Embankment and a collection of short stories, Miss Budge in Love. All titles are available in paperback and on Kindle. Before she became the creator of Mildred Budge, Daphne wrote about love and caregiving in the memoir, The Long Good Night (Eerdmans). A member of the speakers' bureau for the Alabama Humanities Foundation Daphne also teaches English part-time for Auburn University Montgomery. To contact or learn more about her go to: www.DaphneSimpkins.com .
