It s hard to believe we re putting the

nishing touches on the ninth volume

of Annual Recipes. It seems like yes-

terday that you, our readers, were beg-

ging us to compile a cookbook containing

all the recipes published during a year in

Southern Living.

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The avalanche of letters since our first

Annual Recipes in 1979 confirms that you

have enjoyed the cor~venience, of not hav-

ing to clip each month s recipes, allowing

you to keep each issue of Southern Living

magazine intact.

In your letters you ve told us of your

many successes with our recipes, often

describing occasions you ve served partic-

ular recipes or even sending snapshots of

your finished dish. Our recipes have en-

couraged you to try hey7 cooking tech-

niques or to experiment with new or

unusual ingredients on the market.

Many of you have inquired how we

select recipes for our stories or how we

test them in our kitchens. After our story

topics are planned for the year, our food

editors select appropriate recipes from

the thousands submitted each month by

our readers. Before any recipe is pub-

lished, it is tested once or twice by one of