Remembering Bill Neal: Favorite Recipes from a Life in Cooking

A gifted chef and writer, the late Bill Neal helped raise southern food to national prominence in the 1980s, and his influence continues across the region today. For this memoir and cookbook, Neal's former wife and business partner presents 150 recipes, most unpublished, from all stages of Neal's career: classic French dishes from La Residence, southern dishes from Crook's Corner, and fast and easy recipes from home.

Craig Claiborne once wrote about Bill Neal (1950-1991) calling him "a genius at the stove." Now, Bill's former wife and business partner has collected more than 150 recipes--mostly unpublished along with several classic recipes from his three acclaimed cookbooks. Moreton Neal's introduction and headnotes and Bill's cutting-edge blend of Southern cuisine with French technique and his quick recipes from home make this a memoir of a culinary legend as well as a cookbook.