Love, Welcome, Serve - Recipes that Gather and Give

From the publisher --- LOVE WELCOME SERVE is a cookbook of Southern comfort food from Amy Nelson Hannon, the owner of Euna Mae's, a destination kitchen boutique in Northwest Arkansas. Having been a preacher's wife in the South for more than twenty years, Amy Hannon's heart for hospitality was established, confirming her long-held belief that people who are cooked for feel cared for. Modelled after her grandmother, Euna Mae, Amy's big-hearted lifestyle has become noticed by a disconnected world that is drawn to her mission of using food to love, welcome, and serve those around her. Amy encourages people to open their homes and their hearts, connecting with folks over food; and she offers home cooks simple, crowd-pleasing, comfort recipes, meals that can be prepared for whatever the hospitality affair. Recipes like Brown Sugar Chili over Cheese Grits, Cream Cheese Chicken Enchiladas, and Sam's Pulled Pork are perfect belly-fillers for gathering people in your home. And recipes like Comfort Chicken Pot Pie, Hello Dolly Brownies, and Layered Spaghetti Pie are ideal for giving to folks when they just need to feel loved. Combined with her refreshing enthusiasm and approachable recipes, Amy Hannon has ignited a passion in young cooks who are spreading their hospitality wings, and she has reignited that same passion in seasoned cooks who had forgotten how much joy comes from serving others. Love Welcome Serve, Amy's first cookbook, will encourage you to embrace hospitality so you can enjoy the life that happens when you make and serve food for your people.

I was hesitant of this book at first when the first recipe called for Accent - Monosodium Glutamate AND it was rolled in something called Pecan chips ... is that cereal? Pecan pieces? Thank G*D for google! (p.s. jarred bacon bits? Ugh) Well, luckily it got better -- the recipes are not fancy but they are things that pretty much everyone would eat - in fact, I am going to use some of them in our community cooking class!! The photos are lovely, but on an artist's eye's note, it seemed like every photo was the food placed on a distressed piece of wood/antique board with a tea towel (what Americans would call a dish towel I think) nearby with a lovely antique-looking dish. It was just kind of repetitive --- A great book for cooks who like it simple - four shining stars.