Tammy Wynette, the "First Lady of CountryMusic," collected some 279 recipes for her favorite down-home foodsincluding such flavorful dishes as Mississippi-Style Stuffed Bell Pepper, Cornmeal-Fried Potatoes, Pineapple-Banana Pudding, and Sour Cream Pound Cake.

Tammy chose a unique selection of Southern dishes sure to please heartyappetites everywhere. Even more enticing than the dishes are the personalanecdotes and history revealed with many of the recipes. She loved the simplegoodness of home cooking, and once declared that her favorite food was a hotdog-she would have chosen that over a steak any day Winner of two Grammy Awards and very popular musician, Tammy Wynette neverlost touch with her roots. Growing up on a farm in Mississippi, she developed anatural love for fresh vegetables, savory meats, and homemade breads. To stayout of the cotton fields, she learned to cook as a child, and her fondestmemories were of her mother and grandmother in the kitchen with the smell offried apple pie wafting through the house.Fans of country music and country cooking alike will love The TammyWynette Southern Cookbook, a lasting memory of the beloved singer. Shedied in 1998.