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Best Fried Green Tomato BLTs (Recipe Inspired By SURVIVING SAVANNAH)

Posted on by CJ | A Well-Read Tart
I've had plenty of BLTs in my lifetime, but this is my first ever Fried Green Tomato BLT.  And lemme tell ya: I'm a convert.    Why are Fried Green Tomato BLTs the book-inspired recipe for Saving Savannah? This book-inspired recipe for Surviving Savannah is a Southern lunch staple. Although much of this novel is historical fiction, there's a present-day timeline in which I could see main character Everly sitting down to a fried green...

Smothered Chicken and Broiled Broccolini (Recipe Inspired by MEG & JO)

Posted on by CJ | A Well-Read Tart
Say hello to your new comfort food dish: Smothered Chicken and Broiled Broccolini.     Why is Smothered Chicken and Broiled Broccolini the book-inspired recipe for Meg and Jo? This book-inspired recipe for Meg and Jo was an easy pick. One of the things I loved about this novel is that it contains no shortage of delicious food. At one point, Jo March is asked to make “family dinner” for the restaurant crew where she works. Jo whips up a...