Mary Mac's Tea Room : 65 years of recipes from Atlanta's favorite dining room

"In the 1940's, there were sixteen tea rooms in Atlanta. They were opened by ladies as a way to make extra money, but the name was a misnomer; a tea room wasn't a place to have tea, but a nicer version of a 'meat and three' ... Today Mary Mac's Tea Room is the only one of these original tea room-style restaurants that still exists ... 'Mary Mac's Tea Room' is not only the story of a restaurant that has served diners for over 65 years, but it is also a story that plays out over decades and includes founders, family, friends, employees, and most of all, loyal customers ..."--Dust jacket flap.;Foreword by Marie Lupo Nygren -- Introduction -- Appetizers : History -- Beef, pork, & poultry : Margaret Lupo -- Bread & beverages : New owners -- Seafood : Our customers -- Pickles & canning : Our staff -- Sides : In the kitchen -- Desserts : Kudos. From Atlanta’s legendary Southern restaurant, “a homey 125-recipes-with-stories cookbook” filled with photos, history, and “just plain funny tales” ( Booklist ). In Mary Mac’s Tea Room , author and owner John Ferrell brings together classic recipes from this venerable institution of Southern comfort food. When Mary Mac’s opened in 1945, it was one of sixteen tea rooms around Atlanta, Georgia. Today, it stands alone in carrying on the tradition of bringing great Southern cooking to everyone from blue collar workers to celebrities. Now you can bring home many of the restaurant’s famed recipes, from Cranberry Pecan Salad to Peach Buttermilk Pancakes to Fried Okra and Country Ham with Redeye Gravy and many more—in this cookbook richly illustrated with photography, old menus, postcards, and artwork from its magnificent history. In Mary Mac's Tea Room , author and owner John Ferrell brings together over 100 classic recipes from this venerable institution of Southern comfort food. When Mary Mac's opened in 1945, it was one of 16 tea rooms around Atlanta, Georgia. More than 60 years later, it stands alone in carrying on the tradition of bringing great Southern cooking to everyone from blue collar workers to celebrities. Now you can bring home many of the restaurant's famed recipes, along with richly illustrated photography, old menus, postcards, and artwork from its magnificent history. In Mary Mac's Tea Room, author and owner John Ferrell brings together over 100 classic recipes from this venerable institution of Southern comfort food. When Mary Mac's opened in 1945, it was one of 16 tea rooms around Atlanta, Georgia. More than 70 years later, it stands alone in carrying on the tradition of bringing great Southern cooking to everyone from blue collar workers to celebrities. Now you can bring home many of the restaurant's famed recipes, along with richly illustrated photography, old menus, postcards, and artwork from its magnificent history.