<FONT SIZE="+1"><B>The Classic Book on Southern Cooking</B></FONT> <P> First published in 1942, <I>Cross Creek Cookery</I> was compiled by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings at the request of readers who wanted to recreate the luscious meals described in <I>Cross Creek</I> -- her famous memoir of life in a Florida hamlet. <P> Lovers of old-fashioned, down-home cooking will treasure the recipes for Grits, Hush-Puppies, Florida Fried Fish, Orange Fluff, and Utterly Deadly Southern Pecan Pie. For more adventuresome palates, there are such unusual dishes as Minorcan Gopher Stew, Coot Surprise, Alligator-Tail Steak, Mayhaw Jelly, and Chef Huston's Cream of Peanut Soup. <P> Spiced with delightful anecdotes and lore, <I>Cross Creek Cookery</I> guides the reader through the rich culinary heritage of the deep tidal South with a loving regard for the rituals of cooking and eating. Anyone who longs for food -- and writing -- that warms the heart will find ample portions of both in this classic cookbook.