Some of my favorite childhood memories involve family food events, such as picnics and family get togethers. I grew up in rural Western Kentucky so our meals were typical "southern" affairs. Each supper (my granny refers to the noon time meal as dinner, the evening meal is supper, lunch does not exist) was a "meat and three" type feast. To this day my father's taste buds are very selective. In his opinion real men not only don't eat quiche, they don't eat rice, broccoli, asparagus, or other foods that are not grown in the South. How he survived when he served in the Navy is beyond me. My bet is the cook was from Georgia. Mom's much more food adventurous, but the grocery stores in Mayfield, KY in the 1960's and 70's did not offer a lot of "exotic" food selections.

Southern food is great if your metabolism burns like Dixie but unfortunately for many of us, our metabolisms are as slow as molasses on a cold winter day. Many people have found that they can lose weight by limiting their carbohydrates intake. Good news, you can limit your carbohydrates intake and still enjoy the really good things in life, like fried chicken and creamed potatoes. I'll bet right now you're saying "wait a minute, you can't eat creamed potatoes on a low carb diet." Well, you can eat the Tennessee Fried Chicken and the Creamed "Almost" Potatoes in this book without going into carbohydrate overdrive.