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Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral

Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral

Brief Description: "With a new afterword and even more recipes!"--Cover. Marc Notes: With a new afterword and even more recipes!--Cover.;Includes index. Table of Contents: 1. Dying Tastefully in the Mississippi...

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Brief Description:
"With a new afterword and even more recipes!"--Cover.

Marc Notes:
With a new afterword and even more recipes!--Cover.;Includes index.

Table of Contents:
1. Dying Tastefully in the Mississippi Delta -- 2. The Methodist Ladies vs. the Episcopal Ladies -- 3. Who Died? Stuffed Eggs, Etiquette, and Delta PAtE -- 4. I Was So Embarrassed I Liketa Died -- 5. Comfort Foods: There Is a Balm in Campbell's Soup -- 6. Suitably Boxed: Meringue Shells, Pecan Tassies... and You -- 7. The Restorative Cocktail -- Afterword: On the Road with the Divas of Death -- Index.

Biographical Note:
Gayden Metcalfe is a lifelong Southerner and founder of the Greenville Arts Council. She lives in Greenville, Mississippi, with her husband, Harley Metcalfe III.

Charlotte Hays is a Delta native and recovering gossip columnist living in Washington, D.C.

Review Quotes:
" Being Dead Is No Excuse is sure to have Southern hostesses nodding their perfectly coiffed heads in unison."-- USA Today

Publisher Marketing:
Folks in the Delta have a strong sense of community, and being dead is no impediment to belonging to it. Down South, they don't forget you when you've up and died--in fact, they visit you more often. But there are quintessential rules and rituals for kicking the bucket tastefully. Having a flawless funeral is one of them.

In this deliciously entertaining slice of Southern life (and death), inveterate hostess Gayden Metcalfe explains everything you need to know to host an authentic Southern funeral. Can you be properly buried without tomato aspic? Who prepares tastier funeral fare, the Episcopal ladies or the Methodist ladies? And what does one do when a family gets three sheets to the wind and eats the entire feast the night before a funeral?

Each chapter includes a delicious, tried-and-true Southern recipe, critical if you plan to die tastefully any time soon. Pickled Shrimp, Aunt Hebe's Coconut Cake, and the ubiquitous Bing Cherry Salad with Coca-Cola are among the many dishes guaranteed to make the next funeral the most satisfying one yet.

Even if you've never been south of Rochester, this book will charm, it will entertain, and it will give you all the ingredients required for the perfect Southern send-off.

Author: Metcalfe, Gayden
Publisher: Balance
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 2013-05-07
BISAC: Humor|Form|Essays|Cooking|Regional & Cultural|American - Southern States|Cooking|Entertaining|General|Humor|Topic|Marriage & Family
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies|Southern States|Mississippi|Delta (Region)|Social life and customs|Delta (Miss.: Region)
Weight: 0.51 lbs
ISBN: 9781401312831
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9781401312831

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