Fruitcake
Heirloom Recipes and Memories of Truman Capote and Cousin Sook
By Marie Rudisill
With a new foreword by Jean Anderson

96 pp., 5 x 8
Not for Sale in British Commonwealth except Canada
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Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-9930-4
Published: September 2010
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About the Author
Hailing from a large family in Monroeville, Alabama, Marie Rudisill (1911-2006) was Truman Capote's doting aunt, an energetic family memoirist and writer, and a fruitcake fan. She was winner of the 2001 Jack Daniel Lifetime Achievement Award of the Southern Foodways Alliance.
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Praise for the first edition
"Marie Rudisill…aims to rescue from ignominy the dessert she considers to be 'true ambrosia--the queen of cakes.' Rudisill knows whereof she speaks. . . . Just reading [the recipes]…is satisfying enough."--Gourmet
"For those who still think that it's not worth it, or who think that they do not have the time or stamina for making their own fruitcake, Rudisill's book is an inspiration, though not as much of an inspiration as she is."--Oxford (Miss.) Eagle
"A sweet holiday treat."--Publisher's Weekly
"The humble fruitcake gets another chance."--Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald
"[Rudisill] is an accomplished cook and writer."--St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times
"Even a reader who harbors no love for fruitcake will delight in this little book."--Baton Rouge Advocate