In these pages you will find a sampling of the recipes and stories our family has enjoyed over the years – from 1911 when Fletcher Pittard and Fannie Wells got married to 2018 when this book was published. A few new food recipes are sprinkled in because the journey is never ending.

The book captures food traditions that bring back the smell of pound cake cooking in the oven, Christmas Day at Grandma’s house, fresh oysters Granddaddy brought back from the shore, dessert buffets that seem endless, ice cream freezers churning out summer flavors, cousins that share childhood memories, gardens large enough to call crops, butterbeans that require shelling, blackberry brambles hanging full of fruit, meals of fresh vegetables from the garden, stews cooked outside, dinner on the grounds at church, Harvest Festivals with fried pies and auctions, quilting bees where the gossip flows freely, celebrations and sorrows that pull us together and deep comforting sleep under layers of Grandma’s quilts.