The New Southern Cookbook

I met Pam Wattenbarger on a travel-writing trip through Georgia and was immediately taken in by her easy-going sunny disposition and sweet tea Southern accent. A Georgia resident, she’s had her work cut out cooking to deal with a variety of allergies within her family. 

And that’s what’s doubly special about “The New Southern Cookbook: Classic Family Recipes and Modern Twists on Old Favorites” by Wattenbarger and her daughter, Brittany Wattenbarger. The book will be available at all bookstores Sept. 18, 2018.

The cookbook is filled with Southern goodness, recipes and photos to make you drool before heating up the oven. There are a number of comfort foods such as angel biscuits with sausage gravy, chicken potpie with cornmeal pastry, honey barbecue wings with peach sweet ’n’ sour sauce and slow cooker apple cobbler. Shoot, she had me at biscuits!

Pam Wattenbarger

In addition, there’s plenty of healthy dishes — easy shrimp Creole, chicken and veggie skillet, Pam’s chicken with artichokes, watermelon salsa. Family recipes abound as well, from Pam’s father’s chili recipe to her mother’s chicken noodle soup.

Because of family allergies, the mother-daughter team offers codes on top of the recipes, denoting what’s dairy free, gluten free, nut free, vegetarian and vegan. It’s an invaluable resource for those facing restrictions but still desire those delicious Southern favorites.

Pam Wattenbarger writes about traditional Southern dishes with allergy-friendly adaptions on her websites, SimplySouthernMom.com and Exploravore.com. Brittany Wattenbarger, who suffers with celiac disease, has spent years recreating her favorite recipes to deal with her illness and her daughter’s milk allergy. Mother and daughter have produced an awesome cookbook that’s sure to be a godsend to those Southerners — and Southern food lovers — dealing with food restrictions. But don’t bypass this book if your stomach’s made of iron. These recipes are for everyone.

Louisiana Book News is written by award-winning author Chere Dastugue Coen, who writes Louisiana romances and mysteries under the pen name of Cherie Claire. Her first book in each series is FREE to download as an ebook, including "Emilie," book one of The Cajun Series, "Ticket to Paradise," book one of The Cajun Embassy series and "A Ghost of a Chance," the first Viola Valentine mystery.

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