Ten Pots: Recipes and Historical Anecdotes Spanning Five Generations

In Ten Pots, food columnist Rhonda Brasseal illuminates the history, intrigue and humor of life in the South. The recipes included in the text chronicle more than 100 years of cooking. Closely kept records and strong oral traditions from Brasseal’s lively heritage render a feast of colorful, tasty detail. The great-granddaughter of German immigrant chefs and South Mississippi farmers, Brasseal has taken hold of old South cuisine and German baking, delivering it enticingly in this original, entertaining collection. After spending many years working in restaurants, Rhonda earned a B.A. in English and marketing from the University of Southern Mississippi. She taught high school journalism and marketing before moving on to a career in newspaper writing. Her food column, “Ten Pots,” currently appears in The Columbian-Progress in Columbia, Mississippi, where she lives with her husband and daughter.