Nearly 300 hearty Southern recipes, and personal reminiscences, from the country music legend. Tammy Wynette, the "e;First Lady of Country Music,"e; collected some 279 recipes for her favorite down-home foods including such flavorful dishes as Mississippi-Style Stuffed Bell Pepper, Cornmeal-Fried Potatoes, Pineapple-Banana Pudding, and Sour Cream Pound Cake. Tammy loved the simple goodness of home cooking, and once declared that her favorite food was a hot dog she would have chosen that over a steak any day! For her cookbook, she chose a unique selection of Southern dishes sure to please hearty appetites everywhere and just as enticing as the dishes are the personal anecdotes and history revealed alongside many of the recipes.