"In addition to the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky is also famous for its good cooks. What's Cooking in Kentucky includes recipes from all over the state. It contains treasured old traditional recipes as well as new, for both the experienced and inexperienced cooks. James Beard listed an earlier edition of the cookbook in the bibliography of the COOK'S CATALOGUE, published by Harper & Row. In the heading was the statement that the listing was not intended to be all-inclusive, but "a sampling of books of unusual merit and practical value." William Rice, former food editor for the Washington Post, listed it as one of the five regional cookbooks he recommends."