Southern Living Annual Recipes

I have not received it yet & this is April 6–also ordered SLR 2017...neither arrived

I gave my collection of Southern Living Annual Recipes to my niece and was missing the 2002 Annual. I was pleased to find it so reasonably priced. It arrived in great condition.

I started with the 2001 edition of this book and ever since, I've been hooked. I now have over 30 Southern Living cookbooks and I use them daily! The recipes are easy, you can even cook an entire menu for dinner parties, etc. which they plan out for you. It's so very easy and very, very good food that I just keep coming back for more. The desserts are just ridiculously out of this world! It's worth buying just for that!

I bought my first Southern Living Annual Recipe Cookbook in 1995 and it was such a stand-out favorite in my collection that I've added several more editions since. These cookbooks consistently offer extensive recipe collections (hundreds) organized by the month they appear in the magazine -- I find this feature expecially helpful in the spring and summer when I am looking for lighter meals to prepare for my family. Although I have an extensive (fifty plus) collection of cookbooks I find myself reaching for these books first whenever I am looking for inspiration for a special meal or party. The entertaining ideas and tips always offer up something fresh, new and easy to try. Those of us who live in the colder climes of the north appreciate the soul-soothing traditional foods of our southern sisters. So, if you are looking for a tasty plate of chicken or a hot bowl of spicy gumbo you are sure to find it in these collections. But you will positively find a wide variety of other tastes and cooking needs met here too. I'm an avid and experienced cook and I really enjoy the clear organization of these books and the individual recipes. Novice cooks will also find the directions consistently clear and easy to use.I think the best thing about the Southern Living Annual Recipe collections are the illustrations, which are strikingly beautiful photographs that rate right up there with cookbooks in my collection that cost twice as much.