There are many cookbooks about Southern cooking, but precious few celebrate the southern Appalachian food that has sustained mountain folk past and present. Thankfully, we now have Joan E. Aller's <I>Cider Beans, Wild Greens, and Dandelion Jelly</i>.<P>Featuring more than 150 recipes for down-home, soul-satisfying dishes, <I>Cider Beans, Wild Greens, and Dandelion Jelly</i> is more than just a cookbook. Complete with passages on the history, places, and people of southern Appalachia, along with lush full-color photography of the food and scenery of the southern Appalachian Mountains, <I>Cider Beans, Wild Greens, and Dandelion Jelly</i> serves as both a cookbook and a guided tour of the local lore, traditions, and culture of this uniquely American region.