I have taken the suggestions of some of you to heart and am contemplating writing a little volume of character sketches, naturalist essays, history, and folklore about the South Walton beaches and the surrounding area. Although I wouldn't expect the book to find a publisher, it might be of interest to the local shops. I did this once with a little wine country cookbook, which was really intended to be a Christmas card of sorts, and it went through four publications before I just lost interest in keeping in on the shelves. Always thought it sold to tourists for lack of our area having a Jr. League or the obiquitous JL cookbook. But this gives me the idea of including recipes in the SoWal book and combining them with the stories. FYI, I have the seafood gumbo recipe from Doug's long since out-of-print D&K Cafe Bookbook. They had one copy left, which belonged to the kitchen, and I hastily scribbled that recipe over a late lunch several years back.
Okay, here's what I need from you posters...ideas and interests, your thoughts about what you'd like to know or read about as pertains to our area. No one is going into this book as a real person or situation, for obvious reasons...no names. Let me know your thoughts and maybe I can get an outline started and write while we are there in October. It will be a labor of love.
Okay, here's what I need from you posters...ideas and interests, your thoughts about what you'd like to know or read about as pertains to our area. No one is going into this book as a real person or situation, for obvious reasons...no names. Let me know your thoughts and maybe I can get an outline started and write while we are there in October. It will be a labor of love.
