What I found so unique about this cookbook is the down home appeal that radiates from each page. Each recipe is accompanied by its own author's picture and their love for hog baying. Hog baying-you may ask yourself what is that, well I don't feel ashamed to admit I had no idea myself until I read this book. Hog baying is a sport that is highly popular in Texas. It centers on using hunting dogs to find wild boar. Its popularity has generated an annual hog bay competition with cash prizes. You may wonder how such a sport found itself in a cookbook; the answer is a mother's tribute to her deceased son, James Kenneth Bean, Jr. who passed away March 28, 2002. Hog baying was one of his all time favorite pastimes and loves of life. To deal with her grief Ms. Lott channeled her grief in writing this heart-warming cookbook.

For lovers of pork, no stone goes unturned in this creative book. It is filled with over 100 recipes that make use of every part of a pig with the exception of the squeal. Many of the recipes I recognized from my own ancestors who have passed them down from generation to generation. Then there are those which were all new to me such as Creole Chops, Piggy Banker, and Road Kill. This book is for those who think outside the box and wish to discover something new and different. You are assured to receive an ample portion of southern hospitality.