Johnathon Scott Barrett, who author Janis Owens refers to as "a Prince of a host" takes you on another Southern food journey within the pages of his newest book. Following his culinary memoir, Rise & Shine!, and the subsequent recipe-filled anthology, Cook & Tell, Barrett presents the convivial and delicious Cook & Celebrate. Barrett takes readers from the Commonwealth of Virginia, down to the Carolina and Georgia Lowcountry, over to Mobile Bay, and on jaunts in between to showcase the favorite dishes (and the stories behind them) Southerners use to fete the holidays, and one another. Memories abound with Hoppin' John and collards at New Year's, fried chicken and potato salad on Independence Day, sweet, cloud-like coconut cakes at Easter, and the veritable Tom Turkey and cornbread dressing which crown dining tables at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Barrett shares these recipes, along with 100+ more, while introducing in each chapter friends and loved ones along the way.

Barrett is a seventh-generation Georgian whose family placed high value on farm-to-table food. He has maintained these values and become a renowned cook and host in his home state. A nonprofit executive, he is also an author, an avid reader, a fisherman, and a gardener.

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