Beattie has provided a documentary and a collection of memories of people and places that preserve the past through 'breaking bread together.' Through the 'party of memories,' as R.W.B. Lewis puts it, we are reminded of how dining together forms connections, brotherhood, camraderie, belonging, pleasure, and comfort.
"If beyond the pearly gates, I am permitted to select my place at the table, it will be among Kentuckians." — Thomas D. Clark
"To read Savory Memories is to rediscover one's own memories: memories of food, specific dishes or great groaning boards of it; memories of occasions, intimate, familial or communal, where food was served; and memories of people, individuals and groups of them." — Bowling Green Daily News
"This is a lovely book with good old-fashioned recipes" — Chattanooga Free Press
"Within each recipe, there is a tradition and a bond to the family that will forever be etched into the memory of the author. As the reader, we too get a taste of their recollections" — Independent Publisher
"Will doubtlessly serve as a treasure in many a collection. It has intresting recipes that are usually tasty but occasionally edible only with tongue planted firmly in cheek. The recipes are accompanied by sometimes sweet and always poignant memories that serve to help us transcend time and place." — Lexington Herald-Leader
"If you never prepare even one of the recipes (and I don't think you'll be able to resist), the warm reminiscences will spark your own, and will be enjoyable (almost) as the family favorites found here." — Library Lane
"Vivid with memories of the rural South: flocks of guineas, cast-iron stoves, Sunday dinners, harvest feasts, blackberry cobblers, and holiday dinners." — Mississippi Quarterly
"Even such mundane items as Maureen Morehead's description of a bologna sandwich sounds tasty because it evokes long-forgotten memories of one's own childhood." — Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
"Beattie has provided a documentary and a collection of memories of people and places that preserve the past through 'breaking bread together.' Through the 'party of memories,' as R.W.B. Lewis puts it, we are reminded of how dining together forms connections, brotherhood, camraderie, belonging, pleasure, and comfort." — Southern Quarterly
"What could be more pleasurable than a book that provides the two things one most loves to digest: good food and good literature?" — Southern Seen
