So, I have a small collection of Junior League cookbooks, and this is one of them. There's a section of "Down Home" recipes (Southern cooking) and, as usual, a lot of appetizers/cocktail party food, a segment of cooking I always find a challenge. So even though it doesn't rate one of the few spots on my pantry shelf, I'm keeping it in reserve. It was interesting to note the number of recipes that specified a certain brand of ingredient; also, that in the 15 years between [b:Little Rock Cooks|6302097|Little Rock Cooks|Inc The Junior League of Little Rock|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266625751s/6302097.jpg|6486699] and this one's publication, Junior Leaguers evidently stopped referring to themselves as "Mrs. John Smith" in favor of "Mary Jones Smith." ( )