The 2009 North Carolina Literary Festival
This year's Literary Festival is going to have over 100 authors both famous and not so famous. The headlines will largely revolve around keynote speakers like John Grisham, Kathy Reichs, Anna Deavere Smith, and Pulitzer Prize Winning author Elizabeth Strout. However the true gems are lesser known authors like Janis Owens because they don't get as much exposure. Lord knows we all are aware of Grisham's opinions on being a lawyer and Reichs is well known due to both her books and that annoying TV show, Bones, on Fox. Speaking of Owens, her new book is The Cracker Kitchen : A Cookbook in Celebration of Cornbread-Fed, Down-Home Family Stories and Cuisine. It's part cookbook and part family memoir of her own crackery family and their background in the swamps of Florida. Here's a recipe and commentary from the book: Hummingbird Cake 3 cups cake flour 2 cups white sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 3 eggs, beaten 1 1/4 cups vegeta...