Everyone who knew Norma Jean McQueen Haydel knew that she's a supreme
cook and that she was the steward of the McQueen family recipes. But she
didn't measure when she cooked. Or write things down.
Norma Jean's brother Horace got to worrying about this. He cooked, too,
but his repertoire wasn't as vast as Norma Jean's. So he began bothering
her about writing down how she made her many dishes.
"I didn't want Norma Jean's recipes, or our Mama's recipes, to be lost.
We have kids coming. And other folks love to eat at my sister's table,
too."
So the two got busy recording their treasured family recipes from the
South. This collection of more than 250 dishes includes their best ones.
"This is food you will absolutely enjoy," said Horace. "Traditional,
full of marvelous flavor, 'enhanced' old-timeys."
Norma Jean and Horace put together the full line-up: crawfish bisque,
poblano cream soup, wilted spinach salad, smothered pork ribs, zesty
broasted chicken, baked catfish, cajun rice jambalaya, stuffed
cornbread, five-flavor pound cake, margarita pie, and on and on.
Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is
proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing,
grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and
cast iron cooking. We've been successful with books on gluten-free
cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our
list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German
cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and
preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and
more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times
bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on
subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might
not otherwise find a home.
