Jack's Skillet: Plain Talk and Some Recipes From a Guy in the Kitchen

Flavored delightfully by his down-home good-ol'-boy Arkansas/Mississippi roots and spiced up by his often very funny observations based on his life as a celebrated novelist and poet, Butler's food writing leaves readers thinking about the flavors and meanings of food in ways that will leave them hungry for more. The book also includes sixty recipes--from Apple Bread Pudding to Fajitas, from Strawberry Shortcake to Chicken Pot Pie. Using his recipes as suggestions, not absolutes, Butler proves that for a creative cook the possibilities are endless.