The Junior League Celebration Cookbook (G.P. Putnam Sons, 2000, ISBN:0-399-14658-X) This all-new collection of Junior League recipes celebrates fifty years of Junior League cookbooks, which are recognized and praised by millions of home cooks around the country. Some 400 of the mist-requested recipes, chosen from 200 individual volumes, range from classic everyday meals to elegant contemporary fare-appealing appetizers, hearty soups, and stews, robust meats and game, and irresistible desserts. The book also features original essays on regional cooking and food ways, as well as dozens of menus-from a Tureen Supper and a Coastal Bend Dinner to a Birthday Dessert Bar and a Mardi Gras fete. Just as the cookbooks have been preserving regional food traditions, they have been instrumental in improving the quality of life in communities across the country. The Junior League Celebration Cookbook is also a tribute to one hundred years of volunteerism, and it recounts many of the inspiring projects funded by the sale of Junior League cookbooks. As a treasury of family recipes dedicated to thousands of volunteers and the communities in which they work, The Junior League Celebration Cookbook will take its place amount the best-loved and most-used volumes in kitchens everywhere.