Southern Homecoming Traditions is both a cookbook and a celebration of the five historic black colleges and one university that comprise the Atlanta University Center: Morehouse, Spelman and Morris Brown Colleges, Clark-Atlanta University, Interdenominational Theological Center, and Morehouse School of Medicine. Author Carolyn Quick Tillery uses the evocative power of food to take us back to the institutions where so many great African-American leaders were educated, and the region where so many great dishes were created. With over 200 mouthwatering recipes, along with powerful history, moving remembrances, and stunning archival photographs, this book is a homecoming table laden with memories, pride, and pleasure.

Recipes include:

MAIN DISHES
Spicy Fried Chicken with Spicy Tomato Salad ● Sunday Collard Greens with Rice and Ham ● Blazing Jalapeno and Turkey Greens ● Oxtail Stew and Yellow Saffron Rice ● Southern-Style Barbecued Pork Sandwich

VEGETABLES & SIDE DISHES
Garden Mustard Greens and Fresh Red Tomatoes ● Butter Beans and Okra ● Three Cheese Macaroni and Cheese ● Hotlanta Slaw

BREADS AND DESSERTS
Sweet Cornbread ● Sweet Potato Yeast Bread ● Mother’s Cake ● Georgia Peach and Praline Pie ● Peanut Butter Cake with Chocolate Amaretto Frosting ● Sweet Potato Cake with Pineapple Filling and Cream Cheese Frosting

Carolyn Quick Tillery has spent her life savoring Southern flavor in wonderful recipes handed down through family and friends. She is the author of The African-American Heritage Cookbook, A Taste of Freedom, and Celebrating our Equality. A former Air Force officer and prosecuting attorney, she has been a speaker and seminar leader at numerous events in the U.S. and abroad, and currently lives at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida with her husband, Colonel J. R. Tillery.

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