Your
Photo Could Win the Newly Released Cookbook: Sunday Best Dishes: a Cookbook for
Passionate Cooks!
When the little girl in this black and white photo said
“cheese”, it was somewhere in the mid-1950s—a time in American culture and
cuisine that inspired me to create a career in food. A capricious 7-year old by
1960, I have so many memories of life in the Ozzy & Harriet days, when
taking joy rides in the family car on Sundays worked up a serious appetite.
Well I remember that winding road to Grandma’s house after church. Her
blueberry pancakes and homemade preserves were next to Godliness. I also recall
the baked beans, scalloped potatoes and smoky franks of all those after-game
picnics. Getting back to the time and quality people used to devote to dinner
time has been the impetus of everything I’ve ever written. I will always be a
family-style cook, and my newest cookbook is a culmination of everything I’ve
learned and loved in my 30 odd years of cooking for a living.
So, it is with GREAT pride (and a sigh of relief after
more than a year of hard work) to introduce my sixth book: SUNDAY BEST DISHES: a cookbook for
Passionate Cooks. This book is extra special for me because
it was the first time I collaborated with my family to publish something. I owe
my sons, who worked on this project with me, sooooooo much!
My son Jonathan
Morgan, a graphic artist and a super-genius, built my book that
was once just a 3-ring binder full of recipes, into an interactive e-book with
click and tap widgets that show even the most novice home cook how to cook like
an Iron Chef. My other son, Chris,
click his name to see his incredible photography portfolio, snapped each and
every one of the drool-inducing photos that appear in Sunday Best Dishes.
The best part of my collaboration? I got to spend so much
extra time with my boys. We lived this cookbook together for a whole year and
had so much fun, cooking and growing together. Tears are hitting the keyboard just
typing that. My thanks to the entire Morgan clan, and all my recipe testers
that have become like part of the family along the way. I hope they’ll take
part in the contest I’m proposing:
The
Contest: Submit a photo of you or a group dressed in your Sunday
Best, or at the Sunday dinner table—it can be recent or from years ago—to my
assistant: jen@rrusson.com or
simply post it to “The
Nana Network.” We’ll pick a winner and announce him or
her on Grandparents Day, September 8th, 2013. To get a good gander
at what you’re winning, check out the book’s exclusive website and photo
gallery at http://sundaybestdishes.com/
Good night and Good luck!
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