Canned tamales and the mysteries of Reese Witherspoon (ham parties?) with journalist and cookbook author Paula Forbes. And hey: just how WASPy are community cookbooks?

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Sources:

NPR 

Gutenberg Project 

What America Ate 

The Church Ladies Divine Desserts 

Favorite Recipes of Home Economics Teachers: Casseroles, Including Breads 

The Gasparilla Cookbook 

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Anthropology 

Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee