These are cookbooks you want to curl up with. They're great reading, with tons of anecdotes, many of them have terrific artwork, and I never get enough of them. This is an area of the country that is breathtaking in its scenery and its food.
Recipes range from the ones in the title to dozens of other soul-satisfying southern favorites.
Guttman fell in love with the area while on a vacation from her Toronto home. Yes, in Canada. The original plan was to visit Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky but she and her husband decided to first see a little of Tennesse and once they got to the Smoky Mountains stayed until their vacation was over. Having graduated from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, and having spent a lot of time in Louisville, I have to say they're both wonderful places, too, but I do understand how you could get sidetracked in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Recipes in this book include information about the artists, craftspeople, galleries, restaurants, and stores in the area who supplied them.