Month: September 2023

My Southern Table: Recipes from a Georgia Kitchen

BUFORD, Ga., September 14, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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Born and raised in south Georgia, Lana Stuart grew up in a family where the kitchen was the heart of the home. The smell of chicken frying, the taste of freshly churned ice cream, the laughter and conversation that filled the air as the family gathered around the dining table— these are the cherished memories that have shaped her and her new cookbook, My Southern Table: Recipes from a Georgia Kitchen. 

A full-color photo and clear, easy-to-follow directions accompany each of the 246 recipes. Notes and tips on nearly every page ensure success in the kitchen.

Readers will find dozens of “heritage recipes” throughout the book. “These are the recipes I learned from my mother, grandmothers, and aunts who were all accomplished home cooks,” says Lana. “And I’ve also created new recipes that reflect the continuing evolution of Southern cooking. This is Southern food as I know it today—vibrant, diverse, and ever-changing.”

Enjoy recipes like:

• Baptist Church Party Punch
• Copper Pennies
• Shrimp and Grits
• Watergate Salad
• Chicken Jallop
• Chocolate Little Layer Cake

“Each recipe in this book carries a piece of my heart and tells a story from my life. They are the recipes I turn to when I want to celebrate, to comfort, to share love, and to create new memories with my family and friends. Now, it’s your turn to bring these recipes to life in your kitchen and to weave them into your own stories.”

Lana Stuart has been a food blogger since 2009. Her popular blog, Lana’s Cooking, has more than 5 million pageviews per year and has been featured in Real Simple, Parade Magazine, Bon Appetit, and The Kitchn. Fans and followers can sign up for her daily recipe newsletter, featuring her tried and true recipes. She is a watercolor artist, a bookbinder, and an avid reader. Lana and her husband, Bill, have a daughter and two grandchildren and live in Buford, Georgia. 

Presales are open on all major platforms, as seen here on her website, Lanascooking.com. All available media assets can be found in this folder, Lana Stuart Cookbook Assets. 

MY SOUTHERN TABLE: 

Recipes from a Georgia Kitchen

By Lana Stuart

Imprint: Food and Fiction, LLC

Distributed by Ingram/Spark

Publication date: October 23, 2023

Paperback/$36.99  Ebook/$9.99

346 Pages

246 Recipes, Each with Full-Color Photo

Interior Trim Dimensions: 7.5″ x 9.25″

ISBN: 979-8-9880113-6-1 (paperback)

ISBN: 979-8-9880113-7-8 (digital)

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Nostalgic, Comfort Food Recipes at Every Meal, ‘Welcome to My Southern Table’

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An Immigrant Experience Through Poetry

MIAMI, September 14, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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Released a month before Hispanic Heritage Month, Renzo Del Castillo’s “Still” is a collection of poems that reflects an all-too relatable tale for all immigrants.

After migrating to Florida from Peru as a child, Del Castillo built a life in a new country with a foundation forged in his native land, caught in the space between cultures. This led him to write “Still” [Indie Earth Publishing, $24.99], an exploration of the immigrant experience through reflections of memory and transition, an adaptation to new cultures and geographies through the ethnographic lens of Miami. His story, told in verse, is that of many immigrants.

“Still” is a collection of poems that focuses on the immigrant experience: a family’s journey from Lima, Peru to Miami, Florida as political refugees and asylum seekers and the impact that had on the life of a boy as he grew into a man.

“We left Peru when I was five because my family had received death threats from a terrorist organization. We went from being comfortable to starting from zero. I knew I would have to adapt to make a life worth living,” says Del Castillo.

As we enter National Hispanic Heritage Month, Still provides a read that is as timely as it is pertinent. With poems in three languages, the book looks to bridge the divide between cultures, highlighting Hispanics’ shared experience in his poetry. When the reader finds something to relate to in these pages, a dialogue starts and shows people aren’t that different underneath it all.

That heritage of terror and exile that sometimes underlies these poems gives them a sense of history within the lyric confusions of a single life. There is an intimate tone, used to remind the reader that imagination triumphs over, or sometimes through, adversity. “Still” was released July 30, 2023, and is available wherever books are sold (ISBN: 979-8988037996).

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Renzo Del Castillo holds a B.A. in English from University of Florida, specializing in Victorian Literature, and an M.A. in Mass Communications, specializing in Intercultural Communications. Del Castillo has been published in Literary Yard, the Acentos Review, the Scarlet Leaf Review, and the Ekphrastic Review. He lives in Miami, where his family also resides.

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For interviews and a copy of Still, contact Flor Mireles at [email protected].

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