Book Details
Hardcover- Price: $29.95
- Pages: 208
- Published: 1991
- ISBN-13: 978-0933101159
Charleston Entertains
by Ann Copenhaver Cotton, Jo Anne Joyner Willis, Henrietta Freeman Gaillard, Alice Turner "Boots" Michalak
illustration by J. Thomas Savage
Photograhy by N. Jane Iseley
Book Summary
The cuisine of Charleston has been applauded for more than two centuries. Here, we present menus for a year of entertaining, with recipes ranging from simple Hoppin' John to elegant Princess Torte. Photographs of Charleston's architecture and historical sketches make this more than a mere cookbook.
About the Authors
Ann Copenhaver Cotton lives in Charleston and was one of the editors of The Enlightened Gourmet, a cookbook with a nutritional emphasis.
Jo Anne Joyner Willis, R.D., graduated from James Madison University and did her dietetic internship at Duke University Medical Center. She served as an editor of The Enlightened Gourmet. She lives in Lexington, Virginia, and currently works as a nutritional consultant.
Henrietta Freeman Gaillard was Director of Development for Ashley Hall in Charleston. A past President of the Junior League of Charleston, she was also an editor of The Enlightened Gourmet.
Alice Turner “Boots” Michalak lives in Easton, Maryland, and lectures, demonstrates and runs workshops on flower arranging. She has worked on books with Jane Iseley for 20 years.
About the Artist
J. Thomas Savage is Director of Museum Affairs for Winterthur Museum and Country Estates, the former Delaware home of Henry Francis du Pont. He holds a B.A. in Art History from The College of William and Mary and an M.A. in History Museum Studies from the State University of New York. In addition to American internships, Mr. Savage has studied in England at the Attingham Summer School on the British Country House, The Victorian Society Summer School and the Cambridge Choral Studies Seminar. He was formerly Senior Vice President and Director of Sotheby’s Institute of Art for North and South America. From 1981 to 1995, Mr. Savage served as Curator and Director of Historic Charleston Foundation.
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About the Photographer
N. Jane Iseley is a graduate of Radford College and the New York Institute of Photography. As a staff photographer for Colonial Williamsburg for nine years, she was the photographic author of six books. As a freelance photographer she has 23 more books to her credit, including Charleston, Charleston Entertains, Plantations of the Low Country: South Carolina 1697–1865, and The Charleston Interior. She is the president of Legacy Publications. Her home is on a family farm in Burlington, North Carolina.
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